The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte CYNTHIA MELTON and THERESA L. BAKER ________________ Appeal No. 1998-3053 Application 08/677,755 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before PAK, OWENS and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 13-18, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. THE INVENTION The appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward a method for attaching an integrated circuit component to a -1-1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007