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today was not written for publication and is not
binding precedent of the Board.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. 11
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte JAMES R. CORLISS
Appeal No. 2002-1761
Application No. 09/169,757
ON BRIEF
Before THOMAS, KRASS and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-6 and 8-26.
The invention is directed to providing short message
services (SMS). In particular, the invention permits a voice
mail subscriber to be notified in a timely and efficient manner
that a voice message has been left even when the subscriber is
not near the telephone. A SMS message notification is made to
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