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            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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                    Ex parte RICHARD L. ELLIOTT and GUY F. HUDSON                     
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                                Appeal No. 2000-0170                                  
                             Application No. 08/811,124                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before KRASS, BARRETT, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges               
          LALL, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the            
          Examiner's final rejection of claims 41 to 60, all of the pending           
          claims in the application.                                                  
               According to appellants (brief at page 2), the invention is            
          directed to plug or contact connections to metallization lines              










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