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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SCOTT J. BRABEC, KENNETH R. BRENNEN,
WILLIAM J. SCHNINDELDECKER STANTEN C. SPEAR, ROGER E. RUGLAND
and BRUCE C. JOHNSON
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Appeal No. 2002-0897
Application 09/303,020
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, WALTZ, and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-20,
which are all of the claims remaining in the application.
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a method for forming a structure having
a cavity within a semiconductor wafer. Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A method of forming a structure in and on a
semiconductor wafer, comprising the steps of:
1
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