The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte LEO REK ___________ Appeal No. 2005-1638 Application No. 09/749,713 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before BARRETT, RUGGIERO, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 6-19. Claims 1-5 have been canceled. The disclosed invention relates to an information transmission system and method in which a telecommunications device exchanges information with two dissimilar transmission assemblies such as a DECT (Digital European Cordless Telephone System) base station and a “Bluetooth” computer terminal. The information exchange utilizes a TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) system in which, according to Appellant (specification, page 1), the short transmission periodPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007