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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DOMINIQUE SAVIGNAC, FRANK WEBER and NORBERT WIRTH
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Appeal No. 2001-2459
Application No. 09/277,281
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ON BRIEF
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Before BARRETT, RUGGIERO and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1, 4-7 and 10-12. Claims 2, 3, 8 and 9 have
been cancelled.
We reverse.
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention is directed to a circuit configuration
for identifying contact failure during the testing of integrated
circuits before being incorporated in a circuit board. If, for
example, contact is not made with all the active “low” pins of an
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