The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ADOLF SCHONER and KURT ROTTNER ____________ Appeal No. 2001-0032 Application No. 08/735,389 ____________ HEARD: July 16, 2003 ____________ Before OWENS, PAWLIKOWSKI, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 2-4, 6 and 7, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. THE INVENTION The appellants claim a method for making a crystalline layer of SiC having at least a region thereof doped with boron atoms, wherein the SiC is implanted with both boron atoms and carbon atoms. Claim 6 is illustrative:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007