The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte WENYAN JIA and BORIVOJE NIKOLIC ____________ Appeal No. 2002-0142 Application No. 09/248,957 ____________ HEARD: March 5, 2003 ____________ Before FLEMING, SAADAT, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-8, which are all of the claims pending in this application. BACKGROUND Appellants' invention relates to a sense amplifier-based flip-flop with asynchronous set and reset. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1 and 8, which are reproduced as follows:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007