The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ROBERT KRAFT and SCOTT H. PRENGLE
Appeal No. 2002-0321
Application No. 09/014,729
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, WARREN and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 10-17,
all the claims remaining in the present application. Claim 10 is
illustrative:
10. A method of fabricating an electronic device on a
semiconductor substrate, said method comprising the steps
of:
forming a gate insulator on said substrate, said gate
insulator having a thickness;
forming a silicon-containing layer on said gate
insulator, said siliconcontaining layer having a thickness;
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