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publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CHRISTIAN JOLY, ZARIR SARKARI, RAVICHANDRAN RAMACHANDRAN,
SARIKA AGRAWAL and SANJAY ADKAR
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Appeal No. 1997-0553
Application No. 08/409,191
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ON BRIEF
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Before FLEMING, RUGGIERO, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.
DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-28,
which are all of the claims pending in this application.
We AFFIRM.
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a synthesis shell generation and use in ASIC
design. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
claim 1, which is reproduced below.
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