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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CHRISTOPHER McCALL and PETER JUERGEN KLIM
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Appeal No. 2000-2228
Application No. 09/067,153
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, BARRY, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
A patent examiner rejected claims 1-3, 5, and 9. The appellants appeal
therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention concerns “self-timed logic circuits.” A self-timed circuit
operates asynchronously on the concept of demand; it operates only when requested.
Responding to such a request, the circuit generates outputs according to its internal
scheduling, presents the results to the requestor, and then "goes to sleep" to await a
subsequent request.
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