The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MARK GRAYSON ____________ Appeal No. 2003-0289 Application No. 09/234,702 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before THOMAS, GROSS, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection1 of claims 1-14, which are all of the claims pending in this application. BACKGROUND Appellant's invention relates to a satellite communications system and user terminal providing path diversity depending on 1 The amendment filed subsequent to the final rejection (Paper No. 13, filed February 11, 2002) has been entered by the examiner (Paper No. 14) mailed February 19, 2002).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007