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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte ROBIN CHEUNG, YEZDI DORDI
and JENNIFER TSENG
Appeal No. 2003-0636
Application No. 09/599,125
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, WALTZ and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-8,
10-19 and 25-31. Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A method for processing a substrate surface, comprising:
planarizing a substrate surface comprising a conductive
material; and
forming a metal-containing layer on the substrate surface
during substrate cleaning with a cleaning composition comprising
an electroless plating solution.
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