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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ERIC PATON, PAUL RAYMOND BESSER,
SIMON S. CHAN and DAVID E. BROWN
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Appeal No. 2006-1231
Application No. 10/180,686
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, LEVY, and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from a rejection of claims 12-15, 17-19
and 29-35, which are all of the pending claims.
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a semiconductor device having, on an
active region, a silicide contact comprising a first metal
silicide and an amount of an additional material that causes the
formation of that metal silicide to be energetically favored over
the formation of a second metal silicide. Claim 12 is
illustrative:
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