Ex parte RYAN 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                          not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                                   
                          binding precedent of the Board.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. 26                            

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                            Ex parte PAUL RYAN and DEAN E. RYAN                                                                         
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                                          Appeal No. 1997-2587                                                                          
                                                    Application No. 08/078,8641                                                                         
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                                    HEARD:  September 15, 1999                                                                          
                                                                 ____________                                                                           

                 Before KRASS, MARTIN and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                          
                 KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           


                          This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection                                                                      
                 of claims 4, 8, 9, 11 through 15 and 17 through 26.                                                                                    
                          The invention is directed to a globally addressable                                                                           
                 matrix of electronic circuit elements, best illustrated by                                                                             

                          1Application for patent filed June 21, 1993.                                                                                  





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