Ex Parte GALE et al - Page 1




               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                         for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23              
                             UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                        
                                                ____________                                                  
                                  BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                          
                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                
                                                ____________                                                  
                               Ex parte ALAN A. GALE, THOMAS A. FISKE,                                        
                                            and SIMON KOROWITZ                                                
                                                ____________                                                  
                                           Appeal No. 2000-1787                                               
                                       Application No. 08/646,735                                             
                                                ____________                                                  
                                                  ON BRIEF1                                                   
                                                ____________                                                  
            Before COHEN, STAAB, and BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judges.                                   
            COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                               



                                            DECISION ON APPEAL                                                


                   This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1                                     
            through 9.  These claims constitute all of the claims remaining                                   
            in the application.                                                                               


                   Appellants' invention pertains to a method for manufacturing                               
            a printed circuit board and to a method for manufacturing a                                       


                   1 Attendance at the oral hearing set for Thursday, October                                 
            11, 2001 was waived by appellants (Paper No. 22).                                                 





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