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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PAUL KWOK KEUNG HO, THOMAS SCHULUE, RAYMOND JOY,
WAI LOK LEE, RAMASAMY CHOCKALINGAM, BA TUAN PHAM
and PREMACHANDRAN VAYALAKKARA
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Appeal No. 2001-1662
Application No. 09/048,208
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ON BRIEF
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Before WILLIAM SMITH, WALTZ, and POTEATE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final
rejection of claims 1-20, which are all of the claims pending in
the application.
Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal
and is reproduced below:
1. A method of forming metal lines without microloading in the
fabrication of an integrated circuit comprising:
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