Paper No. 31
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(2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GEORGE E. SERY
and JAN A. SMUDSKI
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Appeal No. 1996-1431
Application 08/087,140
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent
Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s rejection of claims 76-94, which constitute
all the claims remaining in the application.
The disclosed invention pertains to the manufacture of
circuits which include memory cells and peripheral transistors.
Typically, the gate oxide of the memory cells is formed at a
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