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not binding precedent of the Board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 NOAH BAREKET,
CHRISTIAN G. DESPLAT
and LANCE A. GLASSER
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Appeal No. 2001-0006
Application 08/993,107
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, BARRETT and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges.
THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner's
final rejection of claims 1 through 26. Representative claim 1
is reproduced below:
1. A method for identifying a defect in a reticle
containing features that scatter light, which features together
define a pattern to be transferred a substrate surface, the
method comprising:
1
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