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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CHEN-HUA D. YU _____________ Appeal No. 1997-3635 Application No. 08/498,357 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before FLEMING, BARRETT, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge. This is a decision on appeal from the rejection of claims 1 through 5, 8 through 12, 14 through 16, and 19. Claim 13 has been canceled. The rejection of claims 6, 7, 17, 18, and 20 is not appealed. Appellant’s invention is generally directed to a method for forming a barrier metallization with low contact resistance and in particular, to the protection of a barrier 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007