THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte GREGORY B. HOTCHKISS and GARY D. STEVENS Appeal No. 2000-0811 Application 08/964,7341 ON BRIEF Before LEE, GARDNER-LANE and MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judges. LEE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of appellants’ claims 1-7, 9, 10 and 12-16. References relied on by the Examiner Trabucco 5,381,848 Jan. 17, 1995 (Trabucco ‘848) Hayes 5,861,323 Jan. 19, 1999 Trabucco 5,899,737 May 04, 1999 (Trabucco ‘737) 1 Application for patent filed November 5, 1997. The real party in interest is Texas Instruments Incorporated.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007