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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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30              


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                         
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                            
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                               Ex parte GLENN J. LEEDY                                  
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                                 Appeal No. 1999-2834                                   
                              Application No. 08/483,731                                
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                                      ON BRIEF                                          
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          Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and FLEMING, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                       
          HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                    
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims                     
          99 through 104.                                                               
               The disclosed invention relates to a lithographic pattern                
          generation apparatus used in semiconductor processing.                        
               Claim 99 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it                
          reads as follows:                                                             








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