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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
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Ex parte LEWIS S. GOLDMANN and CHANDRIKA PRASAD
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Appeal No. 2001-1618
Application No. 08/960,565
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING, 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 22, which are all of the claims
pending in this application.
Appellants' invention relates to a spring contact for
temporary attachment of a semiconductor wafer to a test and/or
burn-in apparatus, where the spring is formed of a shape memory
metal. Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. A spring contact for temporary attachment of a
semiconductor wafer to a test and/or burn-in apparatus, said
spring fabricated from one of a shape memory metal, said shape
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