The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte CHER LIANG CHA, KOK KENG ONG, and ALEX SEE __________ Appeal No. 2003-0230 Application No. 09/624,025 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before KIMLIN, MOORE, and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges. MOORE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1-6, 8-12, 14-18, and 20. Claims 7, 13, and 19 have been canceled. Thus, only claims 1-6, 8-12, 14-18, and 20 are before us on this appeal. REPRESENTATIVE CLAIM Claim 1 is representative, and reads as follows: 1. A method of fabricating an integrated circuit isolation region comprising: providing a semiconductor substrate;Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007