The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte PAUL S. MECHE ____________ Appeal No. 2002-2000 Application No. 08/933,911 ____________ ON BRIEF Before THOMAS, FLEMING, and KRASS, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellant has appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-12. Representative claim 9 is reproduced below: 9. A method for operating a wireless telecommunications system, comprising the steps of: providing a telephone number of a called party: receiving said telephone number in a serving system; determining if said telephone number is for a mobile station potentially roaming in the serving system, without interrogating another serving system;Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007