The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JON A. CASEY, GOVINDARAJAN NATARAJAN, ROBERT W. PASCO and VINCENT P. PETERSON __________ Appeal No. 1998-1804 Application 08/668,291 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before KIMLIN, PAK and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1-4, 6-17 and 19-27 as amended after final rejection. These are all of the claims remaining in the application. THE INVENTION The claimed invention is directed toward a method and apparatus for forming cavities in semiconductor substrates 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007