The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ALAN A. GALE, THOMAS A. FISKE, and SIMON KOROWITZ ____________ Appeal No. 2000-1787 Application No. 08/646,735 ____________ ON BRIEF1 ____________ Before COHEN, STAAB, and BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judges. COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 9. These claims constitute all of the claims remaining in the application. Appellants' invention pertains to a method for manufacturing a printed circuit board and to a method for manufacturing a 1 Attendance at the oral hearing set for Thursday, October 11, 2001 was waived by appellants (Paper No. 22).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007