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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RONALD J. NAGAHARA and DAWN M. LEE
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Appeal No. 2001-2184
Application 09/005,364
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ON BRIEF
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Before WARREN, OWENS and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 17, 19
and 21-23, which are all of the claims remaining in the
application.
THE INVENTION
The appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward a
chemical mechanical polishing method for planarizing a surface of
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