The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 11 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JOSE H. CHAVEZ JR, GARY M. COMSTOCK, ARVIND PATEL, TIMOTHY E. PURKIS and YEW TECK YAP ____________ Appeal No. 2001-0141 Application No. 09/016,851 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge COHEN and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges. CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 12 which are all the claims pending in the application. Appellants’ invention relates to a method of manufacturing a terminal module. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 7 which appears in the appendix to the brief.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007