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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CHUE-SAN YOO
and
CHENG-YEH SHIH
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Appeal No. 2002-0528
Application No. 09/524,519
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, TIMM, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.
DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
(2002) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 25 through
27 (final Office action mailed Jan. 3, 2001, paper 6), which are
all the claims pending in the above-identified application.
The subject matter on appeal relates to “[f]ield oxide
regions on the surface of a silicon substrate with increased
threshold voltages and reduced leakage currents.” Further
details of this appealed subject matter are recited in
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