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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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 39              

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                                                                     

                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     

                                Ex parte GUY BLALOCK                                  
                                 and DAVID S. BECKER                                  
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 1999-2347                                  
                               Application 08/892,5601                                
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     
          Before SCHAFER, BARRETT, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent             
          Judges.                                                                     
          BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the            
          final rejection of claims 21-24 and 26-29.                                  


          1  Application for patent filed July 14, 1997, entitled                     
          "Method of Preventing Aluminum Sputtering During Oxide Via                  
          Etching," which is a continuation of Application 08/657,056,                
          filed May 24, 1996, now abandoned, which is a continuation of               
          Application 08/375,218, filed January 19, 1995, now abandoned.              
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