Ex Parte CHEN et al - Page 1



               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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16           

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                    Ex parte ROBERT C. CHEN, JEFFREY A. SHIELDS,                      
          ROBERT DAWSON, and KHANH TRAN                                               
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2001-0274                                  
                             Application No. 09/136,527                               
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     
          Before KRASS, RUGGIERO, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1-7 and 9-16, all of the pending claims.                             
               The invention is directed to a semiconductor device that               
          seeks to solve the problem of “punch-through” that occurs when a            
          through-hole is etched so deep as to cut through an anti-                   

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