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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                                          for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14                    

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                       
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                                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                         
                                                      AND INTERFERENCES                                                             
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                                         Ex parte PAUL R. BESSER, DARRELL M. ERB,                                                   
                                                      and SERGEY LOPATIN                                                            
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                                                       Appeal No. 2001-1090                                                         
                                                     Application No. 09/477,821                                                     
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                                                             ON BRIEF                                                               
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               Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.                                         
               HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                               



                                                      DECISION ON APPEAL                                                            
                       This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 20.                                           
                       The disclosed invention relates to a method of manufacturing an electrical device in which                   
               in-laid unalloyed copper in the upper surface of a dielectric layer is subjected to an alloying process.             
               Prior to the alloying process, the unalloyed copper is co-planar with the upper surface of the                       
               dielectric layer.                                                                                                    








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