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          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 25              

                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                                  Ex parte PATRICK YIN                                
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                                  Appeal No. 1999-0007                                
                              Application 08/688,218                                  
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                                   ON BRIEF                                           
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          Before HECKER, LALL and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          HECKER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                                                                                     
                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 3 through 6, 9 through 13, 18 and 19, all claims pending             
          in this application.                                                        
               The invention relates to taking an integrated circuit that             
          is designed for one manufacturing process and implementing the              
          circuit in a new manufacturing process.  In particular, an                  

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