Ex Parte KOEGEL 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         not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the           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. 18             
                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                     
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                        BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                  Ex parte KEITH S. KOEGEL and EARL C. MYERS, JR.                  
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                               Appeal No. 2001-0460                                
                            Application No. 09/030,032                             
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                                     ON BRIEF                                      
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         Before THOMAS, FLEMING, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.          
         THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      
                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
              Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s            
         final rejection of claims 1-38.                                           
              Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:                          
              1. A backer plate for a flexible film circuit strip,                 
         comprising:                                                               
              a member having a body section with a film non-adjacent              
         surface and with a film-adjacent surface, said body section               
         extending forwardly to a leading edge; and                                





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