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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SHAU-LIN SHUE and MEI-YUN WANG
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Appeal No. 2003-1971
Application No. 09/489,970
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1, 2, 9, 12 and 13. Claims 3-8, 10 and 11 stand objected
to for being dependent on a rejected claim. Claim 14 has been
allowed. Thus, the only claims before us for our consideration
are claims 1, 2, 9, 12 and 13.
Invention
The invention relates to the fabrication of integrated
circuit devices. In particular, the invention relates to a
method of forming salicided gate electrodes whereby no danger
exists of having an electrical short between the gate contact and
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