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today was not written for publication and is not
binding precedent of the Board.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. 12
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MAUREEN A. HANRATTY,
DATY M. ROGERS, QIZHI HE,
and WEI WILLIAM LEE
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Appeal No. 2001-1814
Application 09/092,115
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH, and BARRY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-4, which constitute all
the claims in the application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method of
integrated circuit fabrication with transistor gates having a
gate length less than the linewidth provided by the lithography
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