Ex parte EDWARD D. NOWAK - Page 1




                                  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                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                                   Ex parte EDWARD D. NOWAK                                                                   
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                                                        Appeal No. 96-0348                                                                    
                                                   Application  08/145,2681                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                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                                                                                                                   
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