The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RONALD R. FOSTER and RAYMOND WU
Appeal No. 2004-0547
Application No. 09/536,894
ON BRIEF
Before FLEMING, LEVY, and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges.
NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
rejection of claims 1 through 9, 13 and 14.
The invention relates to a remote video telephone system that makes use of a
base video unit and remote video units. A user of the system can communicate with the
base video unit through a standard telephone connection (see page 4 of appellants’
specification). The base unit also communicates with the remote video units (see page
5 of appellants’ specification). Through the base unit a user can select which of the
remote video units to communicate with (see page 7 of appellants’ specification).
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