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is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MOHAMED ARAFA and SCOTT THOMPSON
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Appeal No. 2004-0550
Application No. 09/802,201
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, WARREN and WALTZ, 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 3 and 6 through 20, which are
the only claims pending in this application. We have
jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134.
According to appellants, the invention is directed to a
decoupling capacitor1 and its method of manufacture, where the
1Claims directed to the capacitor device are found in the parent
application no. 09/476,417, on appeal as Appeal No. 2004-0629.
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