The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not
binding precedent of the Board.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. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HIDEAKI KURODA
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Appeal No. 2002-0003
Application No. 09/056,794
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ON BRIEF
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Before DIXON, GROSS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 11-18,
which are all of the claims pending in this application.
We REVERSE.
Appellant's invention relates to a semiconductor device having a selectively
deposited conductive layer. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of exemplary claim 12, which is reproduced below.
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