The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte EDWARD YEH and OLIVIER LAPARRA Appeal No. 2002-0498 Application No. 09/441,899 ON BRIEF Before KIMLIN, LIEBERMAN and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-20, all the claims in the present application. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1. A method for forming a transistor gate structure comprising the following steps: -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007