The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 14
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DANNY R. CLINE
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Appeal No. 1997-2247
Application No. 08/259,798
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH, and BARRY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the rejection of claims 1-12. We affirm-in-part.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue in this appeal relates to stress
testing an integrated circuit (IC) memory. Stress testing is
commonly used to learn when an IC memory is expected to fail
prematurely during normal use. Because only a few of tens of
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