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                                    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                 not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20                            

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                       Ex parte CHIA-HUNG YANG                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 95-4873                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/174,7231                                                                         
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                                                       HEARD: October 13, 1998                                                                          
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                 Before URYNOWICZ, JERRY SMITH and BARRETT, Administrative                                                                              
                 Patent Judges.                                                                                                                         
                 URYNOWICZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                
                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                                   This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 7-14.                                                              
                                   The invention pertains to a resonant-tunneling                                                                       
                 transistor. Claim 7 is illustrative and reads as follows:                                                                              
                                   7.  A unipolar, three terminal, resonant-tunneling                                                                   
                 transistor, comprising:                                                                                                                
                                   a) a first terminal;                                                                                                 
                                   b) an insulating barrier on said first terminal;                                                                     

                          1Application for patent filed December 29, 1993.                                                                              





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