The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte SUDHAKAR BOBBA and TYLER THORP ____________ Appeal No. 2006-1839 Application No. 10/071,379 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before THOMAS, BLANKENSHIP, and HOMERE, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellants have appeal to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 and 3 through 15, appellants having canceled claim 2. Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced below: 1. An integrated circuit, comprising: a signal driver that generates a signal on a signal path; a first wire disposed adjacent to the signal path; andPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007