The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is
not binding precedent of the Board
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte LAIN-JONG LI, SYUN-MING JANG
and CHUNG-CHI KO
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Appeal No. 2005-0199
Application No. 10/102,574
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, MACDONALD, and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges.
HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 4 through 8 and 11 through 14.
The disclosed invention relates to a method of determining whether the metal surface of a
semiconductor die is contaminated.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
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