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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RICHARD C. BLISH II and MOHAMMAD MASSOODI
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Appeal No. 2004-0621
Application No. 09/193,193
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, WALTZ, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, 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 8 through 15. Claims 1 through 7, which
are the only other claims in this application, stand withdrawn
from further consideration as directed to a non-elected invention
(Brief, page 2). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134.
According to appellants, the invention is directed to a
semiconductor device that is at least partially deprocessed, where
the device includes at least one conductive line, an insulator
surrounding a portion of the conductive line, the conductive line
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