Ex Parte Knickerbocker 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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.        


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                    _____________                                     
                          Ex parte JOHN U. KNICKERBOCKER,                             
                               VOYA R. MARKOVICH and                                  
                              THOMAS R. MILLER                                        
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                                Appeal No. 2005-1695                                  
                             Application No. 09/817,843                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                    
          Before THOMAS, BARRETT and MACDONALD, 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 through 3, 17 through 21 and                    
          35 through 37.                                                              
               Claim 1 is reproduced below:                                           
                    1.   An electronic package having selectively                     
               controlled contact pad-laminate surface adhesion comprising:           
                    a dielectric packaging substrate having a major                   
               surface;                                                               





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