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          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 34              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                              Ex parte THOMAS A. FIGURA                               
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                                Appeal No. 2002-0677                                  
                               Application 09/257,899                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before GARRIS, OWENS and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 18-25, 28,           
          32 and 46-50, which are all of the claims remaining in the                  
          application.                                                                
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The appellant’s claimed invention is directed toward a                 
          method for forming a roughened surface on a polysilicon layer of            
          a capacitor.  Claim 18 is illustrative:                                     


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