THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte EDWARD C. COUBLE, MARK J. KAPECKAS, STEVEN M. FLORIO,
and DAVID L. JACQUES
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Appeal No. 2000-1835
Application No. 08/868,092
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, KRATZ and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 13-23, which are all of the claims pending in
this application.
BACKGROUND
Appellants' invention relates to a process for
electroplating the walls of holes in a printed circuit board.
Appellants state that “[t]he rejected claims do not stand or fall
together” (brief, page 5). Accordingly, we shall treat the
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