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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PETER A. FRANKLIN, ARTHUR G. MERRYMAN,
RAJESH S. PATEL and THOMAS A. WASICK
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Appeal No. 2000-1664
Application No. 09/114,790
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ON BRIEF
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Before NASE, CRAWFORD, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claim 6 through 15, which are all of the claims
pending in this application.
The appellants’ invention relates to a method of forming a
multilayer thin film structure (“MLTF”). An understanding of
the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim
6, which appears in the appendix to the appellants’ brief.
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