The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 37 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte GUY T. BLALOCK and KEVIN G. DONOHOE Appeal No. 2000-0042 Application No. 08/948,179 ON BRIEF Before KIMLIN, LIEBERMAN and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-13, 15-27, 29 and 31, all the claims remaining in the present application. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1. A method of facet etching for use during the fabrication of a semiconductor device, said method comprising: -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007