The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte STEFAN BAHRENBURG, CHRISTOPH EUSCHER, TOBIAS WEBBER,
PAUL WALTER BAIER, JURGEN MAYER, AND JOHANNES SCHLEE
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Appeal No. 2004-1573
Application No. 09/494,780
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, DIXON, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
A patent examiner rejected claims 1-4, 6, 9, and 11-15. The appellants appeal
therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue on appeal concerns mobile radio communications. (Spec.
at 1.) According to the appellants, a known radio communications system uses both
Code Division Multiple Access ("CDMA") and Time Division Multiple Access ("TDMA")
to separate subscribers. "Joint Detection" is used at the receiving end to detect
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