The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte CARLO COPETTI, MARTIN FLEUSTER
and FRANCISCUS SANDERS
Appeal No. 2004-0022
Application No. 09/734,807
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and PAK, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-5.
Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A module provided with a thin-film circuit on a substrate
(1) of an insulating material which comprises at least one
passive component having at least a first (2) and a second (4)
electrically conducting layer and a dielectric (3), and in which
at least one electrically conducting layer (2, 4) has a
structured surface with recesses,
a protective layer (5), and
-1-
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