The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte TONGBI JIANG and ZHIPING YIN __________ Appeal No. 2001-2315 Application 09/145,106 ___________ HEARD: September 7, 2002 ___________ Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 27 through 40. Claims 1 through 26 have been canceled. The invention relates to providing a passivation layer comprising plasma polymerized methylsiloxane extending over portions of the die and the die carrier of a packaged integrated circuit device. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007