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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of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. 29
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MASAO SASAKI and KIYOHIKO FUNATO
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Appeal No. 2001-0118
Application No. 09/013,927
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HEARD: May 8, 2002
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Before GARRIS, JEFFREY T. SMITH, and MOORE, Administrative
Patent Judges.
GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection
of claims 2 and 4 which are all of the claims remaining in the
application.
The subject matter on appeal relates to an ionizing
sputtering method comprising the steps of maintaining an
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