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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MEHRAN ARBAB, RUSSELL C. CRISS and LARRY A. MILLER
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Appeal No. 2001-1092
Application No. 09/169,490
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ON BRIEF
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Before WARREN, WALTZ, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 42 through 51, which are the only claims
pending in this application.1 We have jurisdiction pursuant to
35 U.S.C. § 134.
According to appellants, the invention is directed to sputter
coating a film that has an atom arrangement conducive to deposition
1Appellants’ amendment subsequent to the final rejection,
cancelling non-elected claims 52-55, was entered by the examiner
(see the amendment dated May 12, 2000, Paper No. 10, entered as
per the Advisory Action dated May 26, 2000, Paper No. 11).
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