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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 YUCHUN WANG, RAJEEV BAJAJ
and FRED C. REDEKER
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Appeal 2006-3166
Application 09/843,582
Technology Center 3700
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Decided: March 8, 2007
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Before BRADLEY R. GARRIS, JEFFREY T. SMITH, and
CATHERINE Q. TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Appellants appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of
claims 14, 19, and 20. We have jurisdiction over the appeal pursuant to
35 U.S.C. § 6(b).
Appellants invented a scrubber or brush apparatus for removing
metallic particles from the surface of semiconductor substrates after
chemical mechanical polishing of the substrates (Specification 1). The
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