The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board.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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JURGEN SIENEL, DIETER KOPP, and ULF KNOBLICH
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Appeal No. 2005-2429
Application No. 10/069,612
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, RUGGIERO, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
A patent examiner rejected claims 1-14. The appellants appeal therefrom under
35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
The invention at issue on appeal concerns telecommunications systems for vocal
commanding such as name dialing, command & control, and dictation. (Spec. at abs.)
Telecommunication systems known to the appellants employ fixed capacity parameters
(e.g., a fixed bandwidth, a fixed sampling rate, or noise reduction always switched on or
off) for vocal commanding. (Id.)
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