The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte IAN CRAYFORD, RAMESH SIVAKOLUNDU and BING CHENG ___________ Appeal No. 2001-2291 Application No. 08/743,049 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH, and FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1 and 14 which constitute the only claims in the application. The disclosed invention pertains to a device for economically and efficiently interfacing a plurality of PHY devices integrated into a single semiconductor package with an integrated repeater front-end device to produce a repeater.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007