THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision entered today (1) was not written for
publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 12
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte GREGORY B. HOTCHKISS
and GARY D. STEVENS
Appeal No. 2000-0811
Application 08/964,7341
ON BRIEF
Before LEE, GARDNER-LANE and MEDLEY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s rejection of appellants’ claims 1-7, 9, 10 and 12-16.
References relied on by the Examiner
Trabucco 5,381,848 Jan. 17, 1995
(Trabucco ‘848)
Hayes 5,861,323 Jan. 19, 1999
Trabucco 5,899,737 May 04, 1999
(Trabucco ‘737)
1 Application for patent filed November 5, 1997. The real party in
interest is Texas Instruments Incorporated.
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