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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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: SUNDARAM RAMAKESAVAN
and PHILLIP J. SILVIA
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Appeal No. 2006-0944
Application No. 09/895,584
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ON BRIEF
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Before Hairston , Krass and Blankenship, Administrative Patent Judges.
Krass, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-9, 11-21, and 24-30.
The invention is directed to a method, article and system for selecting wireless devices.
The method is set forth in representative independent claim 1, reproduced as follows:
1. A method comprising:
remotely selecting one of a plurality of devices for wireless communications using
a device having operators associated with at least two of said devices, and enabling
different actuations of said operators to be interpreted selectively as either the selection
of a device for communication or the programming of the operator to communicate
upon actuation with a particular device.
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