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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte LEE-LEAN SHU,
KURT KNORPP, and KATSUNORI SENO
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Appeal No. 1999-1126
Application No. 08/722,486
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HEARD: March 20, 2001
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Before THOMAS, KRASS, 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 4, 5, 12, and 13. We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue in this appeal relates to static
random access memories (SRAMs). An increase in the size and
storage capacity of SRAMs has made it difficult to generate
and distribute short duration clock pulses on a large scale
for large, high-speed SRAMs. Although such clock pulses
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