Ex Parte SAVIGNAC et al - Page 1




          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                    publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16        

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                     
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                        
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                 
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              Ex parte DOMINIQUE SAVIGNAC, FRANK WEBER and NORBERT WIRTH            
                                     ____________                                   
                                 Appeal No. 2001-2459                               
                              Application No. 09/277,281                            
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                                       ON BRIEF                                     
                                     ____________                                   
         Before BARRETT, RUGGIERO and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.         
         SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                
              This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final                
         rejection of claims 1, 4-7 and 10-12.  Claims 2, 3, 8 and 9 have           
         been cancelled.                                                            
              We reverse.                                                           
                                     BACKGROUND                                     
              Appellants’ invention is directed to a circuit configuration          
         for identifying contact failure during the testing of integrated           
         circuits before being incorporated in a circuit board.  If, for            
         example, contact is not made with all the active “low” pins of an          







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