Ex Parte YANG 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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 WENGE YANG, LEWIS SHEN, and MARK CHANG                    
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2001-0607                                  
                             Application No. 09/244,429                               
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     
          Before KRASS, FLEMING and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 18-20 and 22-25.  Claims 1-17 have been withdrawn as being           
          directed to a non-elected invention.                                        
               The invention relates to semiconductor structures.  More               
          particularly, the invention relates to etching a multilayered               
          structure for submicron memory devices where the semiconductor              

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