The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TERENCE EDWARD SUMNER
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Appeal No. 2002-1696
Application No. 08/921,884
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
A patent examiner rejected claims 1-19. The appellant appeals therefrom under
35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue on appeal "relates . . . to selective call messaging. . . ."
(Spec. at 1.) Selective call messaging uses a selective address to deliver a message to
a single subscriber and a group message to deliver a message to a group of
subscribers. Group messaging is efficient for conveying data (e.g., reports on weather,
sports, or news) to many subscribers via a single transmission. (Id.) Because all
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