Ex Parte BORN et al - Page 1




               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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18            


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                                                                      
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                                                                      
                              Ex parte RICHARD M. BORN                                 
                                and JACKSON L. ELLIS                                   
                                                                                      
                                 Appeal No. 2001-2097                                  
                              Application No. 09/052,849                               
                                                                                      
                                       ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                      

          Before RUGGIERO, GROSS, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of            
          claims 1-20, which are all of the claims pending in the present              
          application.                                                                 
               The claimed invention relates to a clock divider circuit for            
          synthesizing a desired output clock waveform from multi-phase                


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