Ex Parte CRAYFORD 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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20             

                  UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                          
                                    __________                                       
                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                             
                                AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                     __________                                      
                      Ex parte IAN CRAYFORD, RAMESH SIVAKOLUNDU                      
                                   and BING CHENG                                    
                                     ___________                                     
                                Appeal No. 2001-2291                                 
                             Application No. 08/743,049                              
                                     __________                                      
                                      ON BRIEF                                       
                                     __________                                      
          Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH, and FLEMING, Administrative Patent              
          Judges.                                                                    
          JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                  
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                  


               This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from           
          the examiner’s rejection of claims 1 and 14 which constitute the           
          only claims in the application.                                            
               The disclosed invention pertains to a device for                      
          economically and efficiently interfacing a plurality of PHY                
          devices integrated into a single semiconductor package with an             
          integrated repeater front-end device to produce a repeater.                









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