The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte MING HWANG, WILLIAM R. McKEE, and ROBERT BAUMANN _____________ Appeal No. 1998-1096 Application No. 08/415,399 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ 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 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007