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today was not written for publication and is not
binding precedent of the Board.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
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte DONALD C. ABBOTT, MICHAEL E. MITCHELL,
PAUL R. MOEHLE and DOUGLAS W. ROMM
Appeal No. 2004-1988
Application No. 09/733,718
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-6,
8-16 and 21-23. Claims 7 and 24, the other claims remaining in
the present application, stand objected to by the examiner as
being dependent upon a rejected base claim. Claim 1 is
illustrative:
1. A leadframe for use in the assembly of integrated circuit
chips, comprising:
-1-
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