The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte HIROSHI NOGAMI __________ Appeal No. 1999-2117 Application No. 08/795,197 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before GARRIS, WARREN, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-15 which are all of the claims in the application. The subject matter on appeal relates to a plasma processing method using helicon wave excited plasma comprising controlling dissociation of a processing gas by setting an applied source power lower than a sourcePage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007