Ex Parte LO et al - Page 1



            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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                   
                                    _____________                                     
                         Ex parte CHI-FUNG LO and JOHN TURN                           
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                                Appeal No. 1998-0242                                  
                               Application 08/295,593                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                    
          Before KIMLIN, WALTZ and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1,                
          4-11, 13, 14 and 16-19.  Claim 1 is illustrative:                           
               1.  Apparatus for making metal oxide sputtering                        
               targets, comprising:                                                   
                    a graphite die assembly, including a graphite ring                
               and a pair of opposing graphite punches, defining a die                










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