The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte CHIA-SHIUN TSAI, CHAO-CHENG CHEN and HUN-JAN TOO Appeal No. 2000-1810 Application No. 09/148,556 ON BRIEF Before KIMLIN, OWENS and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1- 15, all the claims in the present application. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1. A method for forming a patterned oxygen containing plasma etchable layer comprising: -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007