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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte TREVOR C. GAINEY and NIKO MIAOULIS __________ Appeal No. 1997-3155 Application 08/424,828 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 12 and 18 through 28. The disclosed invention relates to a composite lead frame in a semiconductor device assembly. The lead frame has a plurality of lead fingers that extend in the direction of aPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007