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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JEFFREY DAVID BIRDSLEY, ROSALINDA M. RING,
and RAMA R. GORUGANTHU
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Appeal No. 2001-1451
Application No. 09/166,656
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, DIXON, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.
GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 23, which are all of the claims
pending in this application.
Appellants' invention relates to an integrated circuit
structure with a probe extending from the back surface of a
device substrate and terminating at an active region on the
device substrate. Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed
invention, and it reads as follows:
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