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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DAVID DONGGANG WU
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Appeal No. 2003-1315
Application No. 09/503,838
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims
1 through 14, 16 and 17.
The disclosed invention relates to a method for testing a
semiconductor chip by determining the parasitic capacitance of a
dummy structure in the semiconductor chip, storing the parasitic
capacitance value in memory, and then analyzing a test structure
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