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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TAKAAKI MIYAMOTO
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Appeal No. 1998-2916
Application No. 08/606,975
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ON BRIEF
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Before FLEMING, RUGGIERO and GROSS, Administrative Patent
Judges
RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection
of claims 1-6 and 8-16, which are the only claims remaining in
the application. Claim 7 has been canceled.
The disclosed invention relates to a method of providing
a conductive metal layer in a contact hole in an insulating
layer on a semiconductor substrate. The contact hole is
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