The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte GUY BLALOCK and GURTEJ S. SANDHU __________ Appeal No. 2000-1003 Application No. 08/631,465 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before GARRIS, WALTZ, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 2 and 4-34 which are all of the claims remaining in the application. The subject matter on appeal relates to a method and apparatus for film deposition which comprises at least one secondary ionization zone. Further details of this appealed 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007