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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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                              Ex parte CHEN-HUA D. YU                                 
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                                Appeal No. 1997-3635                                  
                             Application No. 08/498,357                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          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                


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