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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                       and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16                                                                  



                                  UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                         

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                                        BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                          
                                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                                               
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                                     Ex parte GIRISH A. DIXIT, ANTHONY KONECNI,                                                     
                                              and ROBERT H. HAVEMANN                                                                

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                                                      Appeal No. 1999-1133                                                          
                                                   Application No. 08/766,199                                                       
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                                                            ON BRIEF                                                                
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               Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                   

               KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                  



                                                    DECISION ON APPEAL                                                              

               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 5-7.  Claim 8 has been indicated as                  

               being directed to allowable subject matter.                                                                          

               The invention is directed to a method for forming an interconnect in a semiconductor structure                       

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