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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ZAHID AHSANULLAH,
MICHAEL LONGWELL and JAMES R. FEDDELER
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Appeal No. 2003-0882
Application No. 09/911,198
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, RUGGIERO, 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 1-11 and 17-20, which are
all of the claims pending in this application.
BACKGROUND
Appellants' invention relates to controlling signal states
and leakage current during a sleep mode1. An understanding of
1With respect to the Summary of the Invention on pages 2-10 of the
brief, we observe that the summary is essentially a reprint of the detailed
description of the invention. 37 CFR 1.192(c)(5) states that the summary
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