The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte GIRISH A. DIXIT, ANTHONY KONECNI, and ROBERT H. HAVEMANN ________________ Appeal No. 1999-1133 Application No. 08/766,199 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 5-7. Claim 8 has been indicated as being directed to allowable subject matter. The invention is directed to a method for forming an interconnect in a semiconductor structure -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007