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                    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                              for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MUTSUMI MASUMOTO                                                            
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                                                    Appeal 2006-3286                                                           
                                                 Application 10/422,290                                                        
                                                 Technology Center 1700                                                        
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                                                Decided: January 27, 2007                                                      
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                  Before EDWARD C. KIMLIN, THOMAS A. WALTZ, and                                                                
                  CATHERINE Q. TIMM, 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 through 12 and 16 through 19, which are the only                                       
                  claims pending in this application.  We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35                                     
                  U.S.C. § 134.                                                                                                
                          According to Appellant, the invention is directed to a method of                                     
                  thinning a semiconductor wafer, where the wafer has two flat surfaces and a                                  




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