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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DENIS DOYLE, KIERAN NUNAN and MICHAEL O'NEILL
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Appeal No. 1999-0886
Application No. 08/722,738
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, BARRETT and HECKER, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-6, all of the pending
claims. Claims 7-9 were withdrawn as being directed to a nonelected invention.
The invention pertains to an electronic programmable read only memory (EPROM).
An EPROM requires “hot” electrons, or “hot carrier” generation in the
channel region in order to program the EPROM. However, in the prior art, incorporation of
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