The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 38
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte AKIO UESUGI and TSUTOMU KAKEI
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Appeal No. 1998-2800
Application No. 08/572,505
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HEARD: April 11, 2001
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Before, KIMLIN, KRATZ, and JEFFERY T. SMITH, Administrative
Patent Judges.
KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 and 2, which are all of the claims
pending in this application.
BACKGROUND
Appellants' invention relates to a manufacturing process
for a lead-frame forming material. According to appellants
(specification, pages 3, 4 and 26), the problems with foreign
matter getting between a metal plate and a light sensitive
layer are avoided by subjecting a metal web of copper or
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