The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JIANMING FU, PEIJUN DING, and ZHENG XU __________ Appeal No. 2001-1812 Application No. 08/854,008 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before GARRIS, OWENS, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal which involves claims 1-16 and 18-28. These are all of the claims remaining in the application. The subject matter on appeal relates to a sustained self- sputtering apparatus and method. In one embodiment, the apparatus and method include a biasable grid positioned between 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007