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               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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 KENDALL S. WILLS and PAUL A. RODRIGUEZ                     
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                                Appeal No. 1999-0559                                  
                             Application No. 08/846,949                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before KIMLIN, PAK and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges.                
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        



                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 2-4,              
          9, 10 and 20-22, all the claims remaining in the present                    
          application.  Claim 20 is illustrative:                                     
               20.  A semiconductor device, comprising:                               
               a substrate;                                                           


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