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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 14
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DIANA M. SCHONAUER, STEVEN C. AVANZINO and KAI YANG
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Appeal No. 2002-1992
Application 09/206,170
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, TIMM and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-3 and 5-
22. Claim 4, which is the only other claim in the application,
has not been rejected.
THE INVENTION
The appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward a
method for preventing or substantially reducing the formation
and/or growth of dendrites from Cu or Cu alloy lines into a
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