The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte PEIJUN DING, TONY CHIANG, and BARRY L. CHIN __________ Appeal No. 2001-2544 Application No. 08/995,108 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before WALTZ, DELMENDO, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges. MOORE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 8-27. Claims 1-7 have been canceled. Thus, only claims 8-27 are before us on this appeal. REPRESENTATIVE CLAIMS Claims 8, 13, 18, 21, 23, and 27 are representative of the claims on appeal, and read as follow: 8. A method of producing a combined barrier layer and wetting layer structure which is used in combination with a conductive layer, said method comprising the steps of:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007