Ex Parte Street et al - Page 1



               The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not     
               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.     
                                                                                     
                                                                                     

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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              Ex parte ROBERT A. STREET, PING MEI, and JEFFREY T. RAHN                
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                                Appeal No. 2005-0776                                  
                             Application No. 09/898,321                               
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                                     ON BRIEF                                         
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          Before THOMAS, GARRIS, and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-10,                
          21 and 24-30.  Claims 22 and 23, which are the only other pending           
          claims, stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner.                 
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The appellants claim an integrated circuit or an image                 
          sensor array, each having, at each of a plurality of crossover              
          locations between a plurality of first lines and a plurality of             







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