The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte WILLIAM R. RICHARDS, JR. and MICHAEL W. DENNEN _____________ Appeal No. 2003-1973 Application No. 09/192,952 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KIMLIN, PAWLIKOWSKI and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-19 and 21-23. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1. A Fermi-threshold field effect transistor (Fermi- FET) comprising: spaced apart source and drain regions in an integrated circuit substrate;Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007