Appeal 2007-2417
Application 10/688,521
The Application was filed on 17 October 2003. The real party in
interest is said to be Intel Corporation (Appeal Br. 3).
The following U.S. patents are relied upon by the Examiner:
Name Patent No. Issue Date Filing Date
Hallock et al . 6,582,891 24 Jun. 2003 14 Nov. 2000
Hallock et al. 6,709,807 23 Mar. 2004 09 Oct. 2002
The following published U.S. patent application is relied upon by the
Examiner:
Name Pub. No. Pub. Date Filing Date
Verhaverbeke 2004/019066A1 7 Oct. 2004 21 Mar. 2004
The following ground of rejection is appealed:
Claims 1, 3, and 6-12 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being
unpatentable over the Hallock et al. patents (Hallock) in view of the
Verhaverbeke published application (Verhaverbeke).
In this decision, we refer to the Applicants Meagley et al. as
“Meagley”.
II. Findings of Fact
The record supports the following findings of fact as well as any other
findings of fact set forth in this decision by a preponderance of the
evidence.
1. The “invention relates generally to semiconductor processing and,
particularly, to the formation of photoresists.” (Specification 1).
2
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