Ex parte THALLER et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1997-2652                                                        
          Application 08/385,509                                                      



          FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       




                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
                    This is a decision on appeal from the final rejec-                
          tion of claims 1, 3 through 7, and 10 through 13, all the                   
          claims pending in the present application.  Claims 2, 8 and 9               
          have been cancelled.                                                        
                    The invention relates to a printed circuit board.                 
          In particular, Appellants disclose on page 3 of the specifica-              
          tion that problems arise when a printed circuit board needs                 
          modification.  For example, a modification may be necessary to              
          correct a problem with a component on the printed circuit                   
          board by adding another component.  On page 5 of the specifi-               
          cation, Appellants disclose that they have solved this problem              
          by providing a first circuit board and a second circuit board.              
          The first printed circuit board comprises a first electrical                
          circuit component on a first side of the first printed circuit              
          board.  The first electrical circuit component has one or more              
          pins that pass through one or more corresponding holes in the               

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