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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 KEVIN G. DONOHOE, MIRZAFER ABATCHEV
and ROBERT VELTROP
Appeal No. 2003-0642
Application No. 09/382,584
HEARD: August 21, 2003
Before KIMLIN, JEFFREY T. SMITH and POTEATE, Administrative
Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-35,
75 and 76. Claims 64-74, the other claims remaining in the
present application, stand withdrawn from consideration. Claim 1
is illustrative:
1. A method for selectively etching an opening in a layer
of material over a substrate, said method comprising:
defining an etching pattern on said layer of material;
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