The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte OLOF T. BACKSTROM and RONALD L. BEXTEN _____________ Appeal No. 2003-0041 Application No. 09/087,528 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before FLEMING, RUGGIERO and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal of the final rejection of claims 1-47, all the claims pending in the instant application. Invention The invention relates to telephone communication systems and methods. See page 1 of Appellants’ specification. The object of Appellants’ invention is to provide cellular radiotelephone communication systems and methods that include low cost base stations. See page 6 of Appellants’ specification. Figure 4 is a block diagram of 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007