The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte STEVEN A. VAN SLYKE and ROBERT G. SPAHN ____________ Appeal No. 2004-1962 Application No. 09/996,415 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before DELMENDO, JEFFREY T. SMITH and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-18. Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal and is set forth below, wherein the text in bold is for emphasis only: 1. A thermal physical vapor deposition source for vaporizing solid organic materials and applying a vaporized organic material as a layer onto a surface of a structure in a chamber atPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007