The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte LAWRENCE A. KROPP, DAVID STANASOLOVICH, MARC J. WEISS and DENNIS SEK-ON YEE ________________ Appeal No. 1998-1211 Application No. 08/448,955 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before KIMLIN, OWENS and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 4-7, 12 and 15-27, all the claims remaining in the present application. Claims 4 and 7 are illustrative: 4. A method of fabricating a semiconductor device including the steps of -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007