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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte STEFAN GRAEF and EMERY SUGASAWARA
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Appeal No. 2001-2447
Application No. 09/085,143
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, BLANKENSHIP, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-6. Claims 7-
30 are indicated as allowable by the Examiner.
We reverse.
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to design of integrated circuits (IS) by using metal layer
dependent attributes in a technology-independent description of an IC design. According to
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