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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                        was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14                


                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                
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                                  BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                   
                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                        
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                                           Ex parte PATRICK W. TANDY                                                   
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                                               Appeal No. 2003-0175                                                    
                                             Application No. 09/769,976                                                
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                                                     ON BRIEF                                                          
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              Before LIEBERMAN, MOORE and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                       
              POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                    


                                              DECISION ON APPEAL                                                       

                     This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow                      
              claims 31-36, which are all of the claims pending in the application.                                    
                     Claim 31 is representative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced                      
              below:                                                                                                   


                     31.     A packaged integrated circuit device comprising:                                          






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