Ex parte UTTER et al. - Page 1




                                  THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                
                The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1)                                                                
                was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                               
                binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                               
                                                                                           Paper No. 19                                       

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                   Ex parte JAMES C. UTTER, MICHAEL J. MATTS                                                                  
                                                        and AHMED S. SHAH                                                                     
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                                                        Appeal No. 97-0745                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/355,8861                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before COHEN, ABRAMS and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                              
                ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                          


                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally                                                          
                rejecting claims 1 through 5, which constitute all of the claims                                                              
                of record in the application.                                                                                                 
                         The appellants’ invention is directed to a metal stencil                                                             
                mask for use in forming a paste pattern on a substrate.  The                                                                  


                         1Application for patent filed December 14, 1994.                                                                     
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