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                      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                             for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                  
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                  Ex parte CHINMEI CHEN LEE and DOUGLAS WILLIAM VARNEY                                     
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                                            Appeal 2007-0638                                               
                                         Application 09/933,655                                            
                                         Technology Center 2600                                            
                                               __________                                                  
                                         Decided: May 16, 2007                                             
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               Before DONALD E. ADAMS, TONI R. SCHEINER, and                                               
               ERIC GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                  
               GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                        


                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 
                      This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 involving claims to a wireless               
               communication system and a method of controlling surveillance.  The                         
               Examiner has rejected the claims as anticipated or obvious.  We have                        
               jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).  We affirm.                                            
                                            BACKGROUND                                                     
                      The Specification describes “a method of initiating surveillance” in                 
               which “a mobile terminal subscriber can seize control of and direct                         




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