The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GUY BLALOCK and PHILLIP G. WALD
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Appeal No. 2000-0721
Reissue Application No. 08/628,287
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and BARRY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the rejection of claims 1-83. We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue in this appeal relates to stacked
capacitor cells. As dynamic random access memories increase
in memory cell density, maintaining sufficient storage
capacitance while decreasing cell area is a challenge. A
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