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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 32
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JAMES R. BUPP, DONALD S. FARQUHAR and LISA J. JIMAREZ
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Appeal No. 2001-1305
Application 08/872,782
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, KRASS, and FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1 through 12 and 17. Claims 13 through 16 have been
withdrawn from consideration.
The invention relates to fabrication of an improved module
which serves as an interconnecting platform between an integrated
circuit chip and a card. See page 1 of Appellants’
specification. Figure 1 is a cross section of an embodiment of
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