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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 24              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte KIRK D. PRALL                                 
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                                Appeal No. 2003-1556                                  
                               Application 09/288,932                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before OWENS, WALTZ and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-12,                
          which are all of the claims remaining in the application.                   
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The appellant claims a semiconductor structure which has a             
          specified removable spacer layer and is useful for forming a                






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