The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RICHARD L. ELLIOTT and GUY F. HUDSON _____________ Appeal No. 2000-0170 Application No. 08/811,124 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KRASS, BARRETT, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the Examiner's final rejection of claims 41 to 60, all of the pending claims in the application. According to appellants (brief at page 2), the invention is directed to plug or contact connections to metallization linesPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007