The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte RICHARD CLIFF _______________ Appeal No. 2001-0149 Application No. 08/896,001 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before FLEMING, GROSS and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-18. The invention relates to a interconnect chip for programmable logic devices. The interconnect chip (108) is coupled to a programmable logic device (102) by connectors (114). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007