The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte VINH V. HA and JEFF J. LIN
Appeal No. 1999-1713
Application No. 08/716,037
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, OWENS and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 15-24,
all the claims remaining in the present application. Claim 15 is
illustrative:
15. A method for compressing a viscous material through
openings in a stencil comprising, the steps of,
(a) directing a viscous material into a housing terminating
in a compression head cap configured to achieve a substantially
flush union with the stencil to provide a contained pressurized
environment for the viscous material so as to force the viscous
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