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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                                              not binding precedent of the Board.                                                 



                                 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                        
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                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                         
                                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                                              
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                      Ex parte GERHARD BEITEL, ANNETTE SANGER, and WALTER HARTNER                                                 
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                                                     Appeal No. 2005-2276                                                         
                                                  Application No. 09/734,467                                                      
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                                                           ON BRIEF                                                               
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               Before GARRIS, WALTZ, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges.                                               
               GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                               
                                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                                             
                      This is a decision on an appeal which involves claims 1-3, 7, 11-13, 15, 17, and 19-23.                     
                      The subject matter on appeal relates to a method of producing a structured layer (e.g., an                  
               electrode for a storage capacitor of an integrated memory device; see specification, page 1).  The                 
               method comprises applying a precious metal and a donor material containing an additive onto a                      
               prestructured substrate in two or more layers, heating the layers between approximately 400°C –                    
               800°C so that the additive diffuses into the precious metal to form an alloy layer, and polishing                  
               the alloy layer by chemical and mechanical means.  See specification, page 6.  This appealed                       
               subject matter is adequately represented by independent claim 1, which reads as follows:                           






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