Ex Parte Visokay et al - Page 1



            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                        publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MARK R. VISOKAY, ANTONIO L. ROTONDARO                              
                                        and LUIGI COLOMBO                                          
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                                       Appeal No. 2006-0318                                        
                                   Application No. 10/195,271                                      
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                                              ON BRIEF                                             
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           Before THOMAS, KRASS, and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges.                          
           OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                     

                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                         
                 This appeal is from a rejection of claims 1-5.  Claims 6-11                       
           stand withdrawn from consideration.                                                     
                                           THE INVENTION                                           
                 The appellants claim an integrated circuit comprising NMOS and                    
           PMOS transistors wherein the gates of all of those transistors are                      
           made of the same material but the gate material of the NMOS                             
           transistors has a different texture than the gate material of the                       
           PMOS transistors.  By different texture the appellants mean that                        





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