The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte LARRY WILLIAM MASSINGILL, TORBJORN WILSON SOLVE,
RICHARD E. WEISS, YI-PIN ERIC WANG, and KUMAR BALACHANDRAN
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Appeal No. 2003-0506
Application No. 09/264,766
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ON BRIEF
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Before BARRETT, BARRY, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
A patent examiner rejected claims 1-45. The appellants appeal therefrom under
35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We affirm.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue on appeal concerns radiotelephone satellite
communications ("SATCOM"). (Spec. at 1.) A radiotelephone SATCOM system
provides communications to and from mobile user terminals by establishing
radiotelephone communications links with the terminals. (Id. at 12-13.) For example, a
link may be established for a call placed by a telephone coupled to a public switched
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