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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           for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                             Ex parte  PIROUZ MAGHSOUDNIA                             
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                                 Appeal No. 1996-3909                                 
                              Application No. 08/115,440                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before GARRIS, LIEBERMAN, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 4, 9 and 12-16, which are all of the                    
          claims pending in this application.                                         
                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               Appellant's invention relates to a process for treating                
          wafers having a thin film resistor deposited thereon.                       
          According to appellant, the sheet resistance of the resistor                
          is increased and the temperature coefficient of resistance is               






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