The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 44
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MARK A. LYSINGER
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Appeal No. 1998-2712
Application No. 08/478,429
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, KRASS, and JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 and 3-16. We note
that while the claims appearing in the appendix of the principal brief indicate that claim 4
depends from claim 2, claim 2 has been canceled.
The invention is directed to a content addressable memory (CAM). More
particularly, in order to save on the added expense of a comparison circuit in each cell
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