THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _________ Ex parte EDWARD D. NOWAK _________ Appeal No. 96-0348 Application 08/145,2681 _________ ON BRIEF _________ Before URYNOWICZ, SOFOCLEOUS and DOWNEY, Administrative Patent Judges. DOWNEY, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1, 3, 7 and 9, all the claims remaining in this application. The subject matter on appeal is directed to a heat sink for semiconductor on insulator (SOI) circuits using a polysilicon conductive pillar. The conductive pillar, which is physically in Application for patent filed October 29, 1993.1 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007