Ex parte CASEY et al. - Page 1




          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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                                   
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                   Ex parte JON A. CASEY, GOVINDARAJAN NATARAJAN,                     
                       ROBERT W. PASCO and VINCENT P. PETERSON                        
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 1998-1804                                  
                               Application 08/668,291                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          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                  

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