Ex parte BOUTAND et al. - Page 1



               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               today was not written for publication and is not                       
               binding precedent of the Board.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. 15           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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               Ex parte FREDERIC BOUTAND, JASON JONES, MARC COUVRAT,                  
                         OLIVER MOUGENOT and MANSOOR A. CHISHTIE                      

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                                Appeal No. 1999-0153                                  
                             Application No. 08/488,394                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before RUGGIERO, LALL, and DIXON, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                     
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      



                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection              
          of claim 1, the sole claim in the application.                              
               The claimed invention relates to a test circuit for                    
          controlling the testing of a circuit having portions which use              

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