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for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DALE M. BROWN, GERALD J. MICHON,
VIKRAM B. KRISHNAMURTHY
and JAMES W. KRETCHMER
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Appeal No. 1997-3441
Application No. 08/614,920
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, BARRETT, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent
Judges.
RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-15, 29, and 31, all of the claims pending in the
application. Claims 16-28, 30, and 32 have been canceled.
The claimed invention relates to a silicon carbide (SiC)
integrated circuit which includes a depletion mode MOSFET and
resistor. The integrated circuit includes first and second SiC
layers doped to first and second conductivity types,
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