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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte UNSOON KIM
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Appeal No. 2001-0836
Application No. 08/991,448
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent
Judges.
RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal from the Examiner’s
rejection of claims 9, 11-14, and 23, which are all of the claims
pending in the present application. Claims 1-8, 10, and 15-22
have been canceled.
The claimed invention relates to a flash memory having
plural stacks in the core memory region, with each stack having
at least one polysilicon layer on a tunnel oxide layer and at
least one hemispherical-grained (HSG) layer above the polysilicon
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