The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ABDOLREZA LANGARI and SEYED HASHEMI
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Appeal No. 2002-1919
Application No. 09/266,376
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, GROSS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
A patent examiner rejected claims 1-11 and 15. The appellants appeal therefrom
under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue on appeal concerns thermal management of a
semiconductor device operating in a pulsed power mode, which the appellants also
term a "time sharing mode or a pulse mode." (Spec. at 3.) In such a mode, a digital
communication device having data to transmit will turn on, broadcast the data, and then
turn off. (Id.)
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