Appeal No. 1996-0203
Application No. 08/006,414
THE REFERENCES
The references of record which are being relied on as
evidence of obviousness are:
DiStefano et al. (DiStefano) 4,933,045 June 12,
1990
Heller et al. (Heller) 5,108,819 Apr. 28,
1992
Bakhru et al. (Bakhru) 5,196,251 Mar. 23,
1993
Ahmad et al. (Ahmad) 5,209,817 May 11,
1993
Kumar 5,244,538 Sept. 14,
1993
King et al. (King), "Screening Masks and Method of
Fabrication",
IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, Volume 20, No. 2, (July
1977).
BACKGROUND
In their brief, appellants raise an issue that is not an
appealable matter but a petitionable one. Specifically,
appellants urge that we should direct the examiner to enter
the amendment filed after final rejection (Paper Number 8),
which amendment the examiner refused to enter on various
grounds (see Paper Numbers 9 and 11). However, as correctly
noted by the examiner, the decision by an examiner to enter or
not enter an amendment after final rejection is within the
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