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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 10
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JAMES W. FULLER JR., and JEFFREY A. KNIGHT
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Appeal No. 2000-2001
Application No. 09/172,732
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ON BRIEF
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Before FLEMING, RUGGIERO, 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 1-21, all the pending
claims in the application.
According to Appellants (brief at page 2), the present
invention is concerned with improving the adhesion between a
dielectric substrate and the heat sink or heat spreader attached
to the substrate. More particularly, the present invention
relates to an article that comprises a dielectric substrate and a
heat spreader located adjacent the substrate. In order to
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