The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MARIO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 __________ ON BRIEF __________ 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;Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007