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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte FREDERICK T. BRADY and MURTY S. POLAVARAPU
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Appeal No. 2003-1208
Application 09/590,805
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, OWENS and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from final rejection of claims 1-7 and 22-25,
which are all of the claims pending in the application.
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim an integrated circuit comprising two
devices,1 one of which has an effective threshold voltage which
1 The appellants’ specification states that “[f]or the
purposes of this specification, a ‘device’ is defined as a
transistor (i.e., both the operating transistor and a parasitic
transistor, if one exists) and the surrounding materials (e.g.,
the field oxide, the gate dielectric, etc.) that affect the
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