The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte RICHARD J. GLASS _____________ Appeal No. 1998-2879 Application No. 08/474,856 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 14 and 18 through 20. The disclosed invention relates to a distributed buffering arrangement in which a buffer circuit that is functionally independent from a functional circuit, and that resides on the same microcircuit as the functional circuit 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007