Ex parte GOVE 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 40                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
                                                                   ____________                                                                         
                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
                                                                   ____________                                                                         
                                           Ex parte ROBERT J. GOVE, KEITH BALMER,                                                                       
                                                         NICHOLAS K. SIMMONS and                                                                        
                                                                 KARL M. GUTTAG                                                                         
                                                                   ____________                                                                         
                                                             Appeal No. 97-2473                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/264,5821                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
                                                                   ____________                                                                         
                 Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON, and BARRY, Administrative Patent                                                                              
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    



                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                                                                        
                 from the final rejection of claims 1-3, 23, 24, and 44-67.                                                                             


                          1The application, entitled “Reduced Area of Crossbar and                                                                      
                 Method of Operations,” was filed June 22, 1994.  The                                                                                   
                 application is a continuation of Application Serial No.                                                                                
                 07/437,852, which was filed November 17, 1989 and is now                                                                               
                 abandoned.                                                                                                                             





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