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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte FLOYD SCHEMMEL and RICHARD THORNE
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Appeal No. 2001-0953
Application No. 08/923,651
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ON BRIEF
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Before FLEMING, RUGGIERO, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-12, all the claims pending in the instant application.
Claims 13-17 have been withdrawn from consideration.
Invention
The invention relates to an apparatus and method for
automatically detecting feedback in individual silicon chips.
See page 1 of Appellants' specification. In particular, the
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