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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CHRISTOPHER M. DURHAM and PETER J. KLIM
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Appeal No. 2000-0354
Application No. 08/682,471
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, FLEMING, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent
Judges.
THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1 through 20. Representative claim
1 is reproduced below:
1. A circuit for monitoring energy dissipation in a
functional unit on an integrated circuit comprising:
an energy sensing circuit fabricated on the integrated
circuit for measuring or estimating energy dissipation of
the functional unit; and
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