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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                   publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17                       


                                 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                        
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                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                         
                                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                                              
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                                                   Ex parte JOHN B. BOOS                                                          
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                                                     Appeal No. 2000-0465                                                         
                                                     Application 08/826,110                                                       
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                                                           ON BRIEF                                                               
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                   Before KRASS, FLEMING and LALL Administrative Patent Judges.                                                   
                   FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                          


                                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                                             
                          This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of                          
                   claims 1-5, 7-11 and 13-16, all the claims pending in the instant application.                                 
                          The instant invention discloses an electronic semiconductor device utilizing a new                      
                   metallization scheme.  Appellant’s Specification, page 3, lines 22-23.  As shown in                            
                   Figure 1, an example of a semiconductor electronic device having an ohmic contract is                          
                   provided with a contact metallization scheme of Pd/Pt/Au.  Specification, page 10, line                        
                   23, to page 11, line 1.  The device is composed of a semiconductor base composed of one                        






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