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journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the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. 11
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RANKO SCEPANOVIC, JAMES S. KOFORD, EDWIN R. JONES,
DOUGLAS B. BOYLE and MICHAEL D. ROSTOKER
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Appeal No. 96-3949
Application No. 08/230,3831
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, MARTIN, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent
Judges.
RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-
24, all of the claims pending in the present application.
The disclosed invention relates to the determination of
highest fitness of a number of possible cell placements for an
integrated circuit chip. Appellants disclose at pages 54-64
1Application for patent filed April 19, 1994.
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