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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JAMES C. UTTER, MICHAEL J. MATTS and AHMED S. SHAH __________ Appeal No. 97-0745 Application No. 08/355,8861 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting claims 1 through 5, which constitute all of the claims of record in the application. The appellants’ invention is directed to a metal stencil mask for use in forming a paste pattern on a substrate. The 1Application for patent filed December 14, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007