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           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                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 GUY DUPENLOUP                                
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                                 Appeal No. 2001-0571                                 
                              Application No. 09/026,790                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before THOMAS, GROSS, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the            
          examiner's final rejection of claims 1-6 and 9-20, which are all            
          of the claims pending in this application.                                  

                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               Appellant’s invention relates to automatic synthesis script            
          generation for a synopsis design compiler.  An understanding of             
          the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1,           
          which is reproduced as follows:                                             






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