The opinion in support of the decision being
entered today was not written for publication
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
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Paper No. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte DUSAN PETRANOVIC,
RANKO SCEPANOVIC,
and IVAN PAVISIC
Appeal No. 2002-2086
Application 09/010,3961
ON BRIEF
Before BARRETT, DIXON, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from
the final rejection of claims 1, 6-8, 12, 18, and 22-26.
Claims 2, 4, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19, and 21 are allowed. Claims 3, 5,
10, 14, 16, 17, 20, 27-30 have been canceled.
We affirm-in-part.
1 Application for patent filed January 21, 1998, entitled
"Timing-Driven Placement Method Utilizing Novel Interconnect
Delay Model."
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