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(2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOHN VALAINIS, ROBERT M. SUMNER
and JING CHEN
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Appeal No. 1999-0576
Application 08/576,634
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, GROSS and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.
SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
rejection of claims 1-20, which constitute all the claims in the application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method for use in a programmed computer for
determining the placement of components on a placement surface such as a printed circuit
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