Ex parte BAUKUS et al. - Page 1




                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                      
          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today                  
          (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and                    
          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                  
                                                               Paper No. 31           

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                   _______________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                   _______________                                    
                              Ex parte JAMES P. BAUKUS,                               
                        WILLIAM M. CLARK, JR., LAP-WAI CHOW,                          
                                 and ALLAN R. KRAMER                                  
                                   _______________                                    
                                 Appeal No. 95-3779                                   
                               Application  08/191,0631                               
                                   _______________                                    
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                    
          Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON, and KRASS, Administrative Patent Judges.           
          KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1 through 15 and 21.  Claims 22 and 23 stand withdrawn as            
          being directed to a nonelected invention.                                   
               The invention is directed to an integrated circuit security            
          system for preventing reverse engineering of an integrated                  
          circuit.  More particularly, multiple logic circuits are provided           


                                                                                     
          1    Application for patent filed February 3, 1994.  According to           
          appellants, this application is a continuation of Application               
          07/923,411, filed July 31, 1992.                                            





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