Ex parte MICHAEL 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                                      and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 11                        
                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                  
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                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                     
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                         
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                        Ex parte GERALD T. MICHAEL, WEI SU, and MICHAEL A. DUKES                                          
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                                                Appeal No. 1999-1608                                                      
                                              Application No. 08/506,943                                                  
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                           
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              Before KRASS, LALL, and GROSS,  Administrative Patent Judges.                                               
              KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                         

                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        
                     This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 17-23, all of the                    
              pending claims.                                                                                             
                     The invention is directed to the conversion of scanned images of schematic                           
              diagrams of electrical circuits into computer aided design programs/tools and/or VHSIC                      
              Hardware Description Language (VHDL).                                                                       
                     Independent claim 17 is reproduced as follows:                                                       



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