The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 Dipankar Bhattacharya, Makeshwar Kothandaraman, John Christopher Kriz,
Bernard Lee Morris, Jeffrey Jay Nagy, and Stefan Allen Siegel,
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Appeal No. 2006-2034
Application No. 10/744,801
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, BARRY, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
A patent examiner rejected claims 1, 18, and 25. The appellants appeal
therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
The invention at issue on appeal concerns compensating a circuit for variations.
Circuit desirers often employ high speed buffers to meet demands for speed and
performance in integrated circuits ("ICs"). Variations in the performance of buffers over
different process, voltage, and temperature ("PVT") ranges, however, have impeded the
design of faster buffers. (Spec. at 1.)
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