The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was
not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte STEVEN A. VAN SLYKE and ROBERT G. SPAHN
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Appeal No. 2004-1962
Application No. 09/996,415
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ON BRIEF
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Before DELMENDO, JEFFREY T. SMITH and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative
Patent Judges.
PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-18.
Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal
and is set forth below, wherein the text in bold is for emphasis
only:
1. A thermal physical vapor deposition
source for vaporizing solid organic materials and
applying a vaporized organic material as a layer
onto a surface of a structure in a chamber at
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