Ex Parte Crane, Jr. et al - Page 1



                    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          and is not binding precedent of the Board.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:                                                        






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