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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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19         
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                                Ex parte MICHAEL BARROW                               
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                                 Appeal No. 2000-0708                                 
                              Application No. 08/873,973                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before RUGGIERO, GROSS, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent              
          Judges.                                                                     
          GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 1 through 18, which are all of the claims               
          pending in this application.                                                
               Appellant's invention relates to a printed circuit board for           
          a ball grid array integrated circuit package.  In particular, the           
          printed circuit board includes a conductive plane and a solder              
          mask that covers the conductive plane and that has openings                 
          exposing contact pad areas of the conductive plane.  Claim 1 is             
          illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:             
               1.   A printed circuit board for a ball grid array                     
          integrated circuit package, comprising:                                     






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