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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                   written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                               

                                                                                                                   Paper No. 31                                     

                                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                             
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                                                     BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                             
                                                                     AND INTERFERENCES                                                                              
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                                                               Ex parte KALIPATNAM V. RAO                                                                           
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                                                                      Appeal No. 1997-3688                                                                          
                                                         Application 08/113,887                                                                                     
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                                                                   ON BRIEF                                                                                         
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                   Before KRASS, FLEMING, and GROSS,  Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                 

                   FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                   

                                                                     DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                             

                            This is an decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 27, 31 and 32.  Claims                                                 
                   1 through 21 have been withdrawn from consideration.  Claims 22, 24 through 26, 28 and 29 have                                                   
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                   been allowed.                                                                                                                                    
                            The invention relates to semiconductor LOCOS isolation methods and regions.                                                             
                            Independent claim 27 is reproduced as follows:                                                                                          




                            1Claim 30 depends from allowed claim 28.  Neither the Appellant's brief or                                                              
                   Examiner's answer discusses the status of this calim.                                                                                            
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