Ex Parte STEINER et al - Page 1




               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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 41            

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                                                                      
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                                                                      
                             Ex parte R. RICHARD STEINER                               
                                         and                                           
                                   SHIUH-KAO CHIANG                                    
                                                                                      
                                 Appeal No. 2004-0283                                  
                              Application No. 09/132,638                               
                                                                                      
                                       ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                      

          Before KIMLIN, PAK and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 61 and             
          62.  Claims 53, 56 and 63-66 have been allowed by the examiner.              
          Claim 61 is illustrative:1                                                   
               61.  A component as defined in claim 53, wherein copper foil            
          sheets are provided on each side of a metallic substrate to form             
          a copper-metal-copper laminated component.                                   


               1 Claim 61 is incorrectly reproduced in appellants' brief.              
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