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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte DONALD L. PLUMTON ____________ Appeal No. 1996-1616 Application No. 08/158,6731 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before BARRETT, TORCZON, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 9. Claims 10 through 16 have been withdrawn from consideration. The appellant's invention relates to an integrated circuit having the same layer of semiconductor material Application for patent filed November 29, 1993. According to1 appellant, this application is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 08/056,682, filed April 30, 1993, now abandoned.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007