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          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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 RICHARD CLIFF                                 
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                                Appeal No. 2001-0149                                  
                             Application No. 08/896,001                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before FLEMING, GROSS and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent                
          Judges.                                                                     
          FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
                    This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection             
          of claims 1-18.                                                             
                    The invention relates to a interconnect chip for                  
          programmable logic devices.  The interconnect chip (108) is                 
          coupled to a programmable logic device (102) by connectors (114).           

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