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                                  THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                           

                        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                        publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15                   

                                   UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                             
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                                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                              
                                                      AND INTERFERENCES                                                                  
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                                                    Ex parte KURT H. WEINER                                                              
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                                                        Appeal No. 1998-1615                                                             
                                                    Application No. 08/548,928                                                           
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                                                              ON BRIEF                                                                   
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                Before JOHN D. SMITH, HANLON and PAK, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                      

                HANLON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                     


                                                      DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                 

                        This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1-19,                   

                all of the claims pending in the application.  The claims on appeal are directed to a method for                         

                producing a silicon doping test structure.  Claims 1, 8 and 17 are representative and read as follows:                   

                1.      In a method for fabricating a silicon doping test structure having at least one contact therein, the             
                improvement comprising:                                                                                                  
                        providing a patterned overlayer of laser light reflective material having holes in alignment with                
                said at least one contact and with regions of the silicon to be doped.                                                   








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