The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007