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journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CARL RALEIGH and WILLIAM C. ROMAN
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Appeal No. 1997-3390
Application No. 08/354,384
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING, and HECKER, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the rejection of claims
8 through 20. Claims 1 through 7 have been canceled.
Appellants’ invention is generally directed to a method
of forming metal layers for attachment to a heat sink in
semiconductor devices and in particular, to flame spraying a
heat spreading layer on the back surface of a semiconductor
die. As disclosed on page 5 of the specification and Figure
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