THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today (1) was not written for publication in a law
journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 13
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KUO-HUA LEE and CHEN-HUA D. YU
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Appeal No. 94-0166
Application No. 07/815,3161
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ON BRIEF
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, GRON and PAK, Administrative Patent
Judges.
PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Kuo-Hua Lee et al. (appellants) appeal from the final
rejection of claims 1 through 5, which are all of the claims
pending in the application.
The subject matter on appeal relates to a method of
manufacturing “integrated circuits having self-aligned electrical
contacts.” See specification, page 1, lines 3-4. The claims on
1Application for patent filed December 30, 1991.
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