The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte ALEXANDER KALNITSKY Appeal No. 1999-0382 Application 08/436,1331 ON BRIEF Before BARRETT, FLEMING, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1-4 and 6-18. Claim 5 has been canceled. 1 Application for patent filed May 8, 1995, entitled "Method of Via Formation for Multilevel Interconnect Integrated Circuits," which is a division of Application 08/329,767, filed October 27, 1994, now U.S. Patent 5,470,793, issued November 28, 1995, which is a continuation of Application 08/036,229, filed March 24, 1993, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application 07/726,792, filed June 28, 1991, now abandoned. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007