The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 KENNETH E. MERRYMAN and RONALD G. ARNOLD
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Appeal No. 2001-2692
Application No. 08/789,001
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ON BRIEF
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Before BARRY, BLANKENSHIP, AND SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
A patent examiner rejected claims 1-38. The appellants appeal therefrom under
35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We affirm-in-part.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue on appeal relates to implementing input/output ("I/O")
functions for an integrated circuit ("IC"). Custom and semi-custom ICs are often
designed by assembling predefined components, i.e., "macro cells" selected from a
design library. (Spec. at 1.)
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