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            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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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             Ex parte KABUL S. SENGUPTA, AZAR ASSADI, and ALAN B. ALLEY               
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                                Appeal No. 2002-1048                                  
                             Application No. 09/172,734                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before GARRIS, FLEMING, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of            
          claims 1 and 3-20 which are all of the claims remaining in the              
          application.                                                                
               The subject matter on appeal relates to an imaging system              
          comprising an image sensor having a color filter array attached             
          to a circuit board via a mass reflow process.  The appealed                 
          subject matter also relates to a method of attaching an image               









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