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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 34
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RAYMOND R. JIN, SHIJIAN LI, FRED C. REDEKER
and THOMAS H. OSTERHELD
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Appeal No. 2003-0512
Application 09/184,805
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, STAAB and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-21 and 29, all the claims currently pending
in the application.
Appellants’ invention pertains to a method of chemical
mechanical polishing a substrate having a filler layer and a stop
layer. Independent claim 1 is exemplary of the appealed subject
matter and reads as follows:
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