Ex parte HWANG et al. - Page 1




          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
                   publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.              

                                                             Paper No. 15              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                                Ex parte MING HWANG,                                   
                                  WILLIAM R. McKEE,                                    
                                         and                                           
                                    ROBERT BAUMANN                                     
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                                 Appeal No. 1998-1096                                  
                              Application No. 08/415,399                               
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                                       ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before KRASS, RUGGIERO, and GROSS, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                      
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection               
          of claims 5-10, all of the claims pending in the present                     
          application.  Claims 1-4 have been canceled.                                 
               The claimed invention relates to the protection of                      
          integrated circuits from the effects of thermal neutrons which               
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