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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte WARREN FARNWORTH
and ALAN WOOD
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Appeal No. 2002-1183
Application 08/975,549
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ON BRIEF
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Before MCQUADE, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Warren Farnworth et al. appeal from the final rejection of
claims 28 through 42, all of the claims pending in the
application.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to “semiconductor manufacture and more
particularly to a method . . . for manufacturing known good die”
(specification, page 1). According to the appellants, “[k]nown-
good-die (KGD) is a collective term that connotes unpackaged die
having the same quality and reliability as the equivalent
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