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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOSHUA J. MALONE
and JEFFREY E. FARIS
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Appeal No. 2005-2711
Application No. 10/028,0151
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT and SAADAT, Administrative Patent
Judges.
SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-9. Claims 10-19 have been
withdrawn from consideration as drawn to a non-elected invention.
We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention is directed generally to the placement
of an indicia on an integrated circuit package to indicate the
orientation of the package. Specifically, Appellants provide for
1 Application for patent filed December 21, 2001 which claims the
filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of the provisional Application
No. 60/258,993, filed December 29, 2000.
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