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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HOWARD L. KALTER, H. BERNHARD POGGE, GEORGE S. PROKOP
and DAVID L. WHEATER
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Appeal No. 2003-2137
Application No. 09/236,183
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, GARRIS, and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s
final rejection of claims 4 through 9, which are the only claims
pending in this application. We have jurisdiction pursuant to
35 U.S.C. § 134.
According to appellants, the invention is directed to a method
of testing chip functionality by depositing one additional layer of
passivation and one layer of sacrificial metal, with the test
circuitry in the kerf with the connections at the sacrificial metal
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