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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte CHING-YING LEE _____________ Appeal No. 1997-3489 Application 08/430,467 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before HAIRSTON, SMITH, JERRY and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 15. The disclosed invention relates to a method for inspecting a silicon substrate of a semiconductor device for aluminum spiking. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007