Ex parte BLUM 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               written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding        
               precedent of the Board.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. 17         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                       Ex parte GREGORY A. BLUM and GEDALY LEVIN                      
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                                 Appeal No. 1997-0058                                 
                              Application No. 08/300,399                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH, and GROSS, Administrative Patent                
          Judges.                                                                     
          GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 11 through 13, 16, and 17.               
          Claims 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 14, and 15 stand objected to as being                
          dependent from a rejected base claim.                                       
               Appellants' invention relates to a circuit that reduces                
          in a current sense signal the leading edge current spike that               






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