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             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                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                                 Ex parte TROY CARTER                                 
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                                 Appeal No. 2001-2043                                 
                              Application No. 09/044,629                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  


               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 9                 
          through 15.  These claims constitute all of the claims                      
          remaining in the application.                                               


               Appellant's invention pertains to a method of inverting a              
          plurality of die-level carriers along a z-axis.  A basic                    
          understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading                







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