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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SOON CHYE CHAN and BAK HONG CHIA
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Appeal No. 2004-1481
Application No. 09/726,659
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, WALTZ, and KRATZ, 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 1, 2, 4 through 6, 8 through 10, 13,
14, 17 and 18, which are the only claims remaining in this
application.1 We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134.
According to appellants, the invention is directed to a
capacitive sensor for detecting bubbles in spin-on-glass (SOG)
1An amendment subsequent to the final rejection was refused
entry by the examiner (see the amendment dated Mar. 12, 2003,
Paper No. 15, refused entry as per the Advisory Action dated Mar.
31, 2003, Paper No. 16; see also the Brief, page 3).
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