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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte EKANAYAKE A. AMERASEKERA and CHARVAKA DUVVURY __________ Appeal No. 1997-1688 Application 08/515,7521 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before URYNOWICZ, JERRY SMITH, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. URYNOWICZ, Administrative Patent Judge. Decision on Appeal This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 28-33, all the claims pending in the application. The invention pertains to an ESD protection circuit. Claim 28 is illustrative and reads as follows: 1 Application for patent filed August 16, 1995. According to the appellants, the application is a continuation of Application 08/242,925, filed May 16, 1994, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007