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                                          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                                  was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the                                             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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