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is not binding precedent of the Board.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 FRANCIS EDWARD FISHER and RUSSELL BOWLES
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Appeal No. 2005-0999
Application No. 09/939,356
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, OWENS and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 and
3-10, all the claims pending in the present application.
Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A composite heat sink device for surface
mounting to a circuit board, said device comprising:
a heat sink body consisting essentially of
aluminum, said body comprising at least two mounting
lands with respective substantially planar bottom
surfaces which are coplanar to each other, and
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