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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DANIEL M. MAKOWIECKI and ALAN F. JANKOWSKI
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Appeal No. 2000-1041
Application No. 08/871,705
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, WALTZ, and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s refusal to
allow claims 10 through 12, 14, 15, 17, and 19 through 22, as
amended subsequent to the final rejection (see the amendment dated
May 17, 1999, Paper No. 7, entered as per the Advisory Action dated
May 27, 1999, Paper No. 8). Claims 10-12, 14, 15, 17 and 19-22 are
the only claims remaining in this application. We have
jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134.
According to appellants, the invention is directed to a method
for increasing the hardness of a metal by depositing at least one
layer of boron on a metal surface by rf magnetron sputtering while
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