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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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26                


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       

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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte HIROSHI NOGAMI                                
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                                Appeal No. 1999-2117                                  
                             Application No. 08/795,197                               
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                                     ON BRIEF                                         
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            Before GARRIS, WARREN, and TIMM, Administrative Patent                    
            Judges.                                                                   
            GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
            This is a decision on an appeal from the final                            
            rejection of claims 1-15 which are all of the claims in                   
            the application.                                                          
                 The subject matter on appeal relates to a plasma                     
            processing method using helicon wave excited plasma                       
            comprising controlling dissociation of a processing gas                   
            by setting an applied source power lower than a source                    






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