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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ROSE A. MULLIGAN, JUN HE, THOMAS MARIEB,
SUSANNE MENEZES and STEVEN TOWLE
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Appeal No. 2004-0999
Application 09/997,086
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, FLEMING, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-20. Claims 21-30 have been withdrawn.
INVENTION
Appellants' invention relates to the dicing of
microelectronic device wafers into individual microelectronic
dice, wherein trenches are formed in dicing streets of the
microelectronic device wafer. These trenches assist in the
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