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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 45
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TERRY T. SHENG
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Appeal No. 2001-0929
Application No. 08/697,321
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HEARD: February 7, 2002
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Before WALTZ, TIMM, and SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 5, 8 through 10, and
25 through 32 (see the Brief, page 3; Answer, page 2). Claims 6, 7
and 22 through 24 are the remaining claims pending in this
application and stand allowed by the examiner (Brief, page 2;
Answer, page 3).
According to appellant, the invention is directed to methods
and apparatus for ionizing gas molecules and accelerating and
implanting the ions into a workpiece, where a plurality of direct
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