The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 11 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte GEORGE K. LUCEY JR __________ Appeal No. 1998-0912 Application 08/413,521 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before THOMAS, FLEMING, and HECKER, Administrative Patent Judges. HECKER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 10, all claims pending in this application. The invention relates to protecting an electronic circuit from detrimental contaminants. In particular, referring to Figure 2, integrated circuit 18 is positioned on 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007