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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 Jun Cai, Guang Ping Hua, Jun Song,
and
Keng Foo Lo
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Appeal No. 2002-2087
Application No. 09/733,836
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, WALTZ, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s
final rejection of claims 9 through 16. Claims 1-8, which are the
only other claims pending in this application, stand withdrawn from
consideration by the examiner as drawn to a non-elected invention
(Brief, page 1). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134.
According to appellants, the invention is directed to a
transistor structure for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection
in an integrated circuit device where the semiconductor substrate
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