Ex parte MOULDING et al. - Page 1




              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              written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board                                         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. 16                        

                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                 
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                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                   
                                               AND INTERFERENCES                                                        
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                                         Ex parte KENNETH W. MOULDING                                                   
                                               and JOHN B. HUGHES                                                       
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                                               Appeal No. 1999-1455                                                     
                                               Application 08/753,556                                                   
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                                                      ON BRIEF                                                          
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              Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                      
              THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                      

                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                       
                     Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims                
              7 through 10, which constitute all the claims remaining in the application.                               
                     Claim 7 is reproduced below:                                                                       
                     7.  A MOS transistor having a channel comprised of first and second parallel                       
              segments, the first segment having a first width and a first length, and the second segment               
              having a second width and a second length, wherein the first and second lengths are                       
              different, and the first and second widths are different.                                                 


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