The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte HIDEKAZU MATSUURA, YOSHIHIDE IWAZAKI and NAOTO OHTA _____________ Appeal No. 1999-0139 Application 08/542,576 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-12, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. THE INVENTION The appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward a process for making a semiconductor package wherein a semiconductor chip is bonded to a lead frame by an adhesivePage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007