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for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GURTEJ SANDHU
and PIERRE C. FAZAN
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Appeal No. 2002-0514
Application No. 08/886,388
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRATZ, TIMM, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 44, 45, 51-54, 56, 58-60, 62 and 66-68, which
are all of the claims pending in this application.
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to a product comprising a pair
of adjacent stacked capacitors. Each capacitor includes a lower
plate including a polysilicon plug. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 44,
which is reproduced below.
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