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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                    today was not written for publication and is not                                              
                    binding precedent of the Board.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. 17                             

                             UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                            
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                                  BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                              
                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                    
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                           Ex parte CYNTHIA MELTON and THERESA L. BAKER                                           
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                                           Appeal No. 1998-3053                                                   
                                          Application 08/677,755                                                  
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                                                   ON BRIEF                                                       
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             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                                            


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