The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte STANFORD W. CRANE, JR., DANIEL LARCOMB and LAKSHMINARASIMHA KRISHNAPURA ____________ Appeal No. 2004-1252 Application No. 09/705,710 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, STAAB and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Stanford W. Crane, Jr. et al. appeal from the final rejection of claims 30 through 57, all of the claims pending in the application. THE INVENTION The invention relates to “an apparatus . . . for inserting conductive leads into side walls of a substrate that holds a semiconductor die” (specification, page 2). Representative claim 30 reads as follows:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007