THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1)
was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is
not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HUGH P. McADAMS and
CHING-YUH TSAY
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Appeal No. 1997-1364
Application 08/343,276
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH, and BARRY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner's
final rejection of claims 5, 6, 14, and 15, which constitute
all the claims on appeal.
Representative claim 5 is reproduced below:
5. A substrate bias pumping arrangement comprising:
first and second charge pump circuits connected in
separate circuit paths between an input terminal and a
substrate, the first and second charge pump circuits operating
alternatively supplying charge to the substrate in response to
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