Ex Parte VENKATESWAR 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                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12                 
                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                  
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                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                    
                                               AND INTERFERENCES                                                         
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                     Ex parte VADLAMANNATI VENKATESWAR, PRAVEEN K. GANAPATHY,                                            
                                    RALPH E. PAYNE, and ARUNABHA GHOSE                                                   
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                                                Appeal No. 2000-0975                                                     
                                              Application No. 08/956,402                                                 
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                                                      ON BRIEF                                                           
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              Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent                                       
              Judges.                                                                                                    
              BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                  




                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        
                     This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final                        
              rejection of claims 1-14.                                                                                  
                     We affirm-in-part.                                                                                  











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