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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HARRY J. BOLL and GREGORY G. BOLL
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Appeal No. 2000-2053
Application No. 08/764,353
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, LALL, and GROSS, 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 1-4, and 17, all the
pending claims in the application.
According to Appellants (brief at pages 1 and 2), the
disclosed invention pertains to a probe card for high speed
testing. This testing involves the testing of integrated
circuits (IC’s), also called chips or wafers. If the testing
shows that the design or the process employed to manufacture the
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