The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte PAUL C. BERG, HARRY N. ETTERS, ROBERT M. FUERST, TODD A. HESTER and FRED LOVE KREHBIEL ________________ Appeal No. 2001-1572 Application 08/939,569 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before JERRY SMITH, DIXON and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 2, 4-9, 11-14 and 16- 19, which constitute all the claims remaining in the application. The disclosed invention pertains to a system for mounting electrical terminals, such as terminal pins, in a flat flexible substrate or flexible circuit. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007