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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SHINJI YOSHIHARA, FUMIO OHARA and MASAO NAGAKUBO
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Appeal No. 2001-2082
Application No. 08/943,146
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HEARD: AUGUST 14, 2002
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Before KRASS, LALL and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-3 and 18-25, which are all of the claims
pending in this application.
We reverse and enter a new ground of rejection under 37 CFR
§ 1.196(b).
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention is directed to bonding of two
substrates in a semiconductor device using a gold-silicon
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