The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JAMES L. GORECKI and YAOHUA YANG Appeal No. 2001-1615 Application No. 09/053,251 ON BRIEF Before URYNOWICZ, HAIRSTON and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. URYNOWICZ, Administrative Patent Judge. Decision on Appeal This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-3 and 5- 26. The invention pertains to a digital-to-analog converter. Claim 1 is illustrative and reads as follows: 1. A composite digital-to-analog converter (DAC) comprising: a first DAC having a first range and a first error; -1–Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007