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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KENNETH D. CHAPMAN
and
STEVEN P. YOUNG
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Appeal No. 2000-1204
Application No. 08/786,818
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HEARD: FEBRUARY 21, 2002
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Before HAIRSTON, RUGGIERO, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent
Judges.
HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1,
3,
4 and 7 through 10.
The disclosed invention relates to the use of a dedicated
AND gate in a configurable logic block (CLB). The CLB is used
in a field programmable gate array.
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