The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte LAWRENCE R. CUTTING, JOHN GERARD GAUDIELLO,
LUIS JESUS MATIENZO and NIKHIL MOHAN MURDESWAR
Appeal No. 2001-0445
Application No. 09/017,338
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, MOORE and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 12-17,
all the claims remaining in the present application. Claim 12 is
illustrative:
12. An electrical card structure, comprising:
a circuitized substrate having at least one wire bond pad
located thereon;
a layer of a first metal substantially free of hydrogen
molecules located on said wire bond pad; and
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