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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte WAYNE T. HOLCOMBE
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Appeal No. 2004-0078
Application No. 09/920,420
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ON BRIEF
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Before WALTZ, DELMENDO, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1 through 5 and 11 through 15. The
remaining claims in this application are claims 6 through 10 which
stand withdrawn from further consideration as directed to a non-
elected invention (Brief, page 1). We have jurisdiction pursuant
to 35 U.S.C. § 134.
According to appellant, the invention is directed to a
distributed photodiode composed of a substrate doped with a first
dopant type and having first and second planar surfaces, with a
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