Ex Parte BOLANOS et al - Page 1


                      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                       today was not written for publication and is not               
                                binding precedent of the Board                        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. 19                   
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                     __________                                       
                   Ex parte MARIO A. BOLANOS, JEREMIAS L. LIBRES,                     
                          GEORGE A. BEDNARZ, TAY LIANGCHEE,                           
                         JULIUS LIM and IRENEUS J. T. M. PAS                          
                                     ___________                                      
                                Appeal No. 1998-2538                                  
                             Application No. 08/434,336                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before WALTZ, KRATZ and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.                                   
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal from the refusal of the                
          examiner to allow claims 1-5 and 7-9.  We note that claim 6 has             
          been canceled and claims 10-24 are directed to non-elected                  
          claims.                                                                     
               Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal:               
               1.  A method for encapsulating integrated circuit lead frame           
          and die assemblies, comprising the steps of:                                
               providing a plurality of bottom die cavity regions within a            
          bottom mold chase;                                                          





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