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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PHILIP L. HOWER and LARRY WOFFORD
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Appeal No. 2004-0619
Application No. 10/061,140
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, OWENS, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-5, 9-11 and 14-17. The only other claims remaining in the
application, which are claims 7, 8, 13, 19 and 20, stand objected
to by the Examiner but otherwise allowable.
The subject matter on appeal relates to a method of
manufacturing a metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor structure and
to the transistor structure itself. This appealed subject matter
is adequately illustrated by independent claim 1 which reads as
follows:
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