Ex Parte BRUN 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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                         Ex parte JEAN BRUN, FABRICE VINCENT,                         
                         JEAN-SEBASTIEN DANEL, and HENRI BLANC                        
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2003-1263                                 
                              Application No. 09/068,999                              
                                     ____________                                     
                               HEARD: November 18, 2003                               
                                     ____________                                     
          Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.          
          HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 2, 4, 5,          
          15 and 21.                                                                  
               The disclosed invention relates to a substrate structure in            
          which at least one  joint of insulating material provides the only          
          mechanical link between first and second parts formed in a wafer            
          material.                                                                   
               Claim 21 is the only independent claim on appeal, and it reads         
          as follows:                                                                 





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