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was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 30
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MARK MCQUEEN
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Appeal No. 2003-1367
Application 09/640,237
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, WARREN, and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner finally
rejecting claims 1 through 11 and 14 through 18, which are all of the claims pending in this
application.
Claims 1 and 8 are illustrative of the claims on appeal:
1. A method of forming a contact for a semiconductor device, comprising:
providing a semiconductor substrate having at least one active region;
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