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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DAN M. NEAL and PAUL CLOUSER
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Appeal No. 2000-2266
Application No. 09/069,700
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ON BRIEF
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Before FLEMING, RUGGIERO, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent
Judges.
RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-29, which are all of the claims pending in the present
application. An amendment filed December 27, 1999 after final
rejection was denied entry by the Examiner.
The claimed invention relates to a connector to be employed
in an enhanced bus architecture utilizing differential signaling.
More particularly, a modified pin structure in the form of a
split pin configuration is used to connect a differential signal
pair on one printed circuit board, cable, or other transmission
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