The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PAI-HUNG PAN, MARTIN C. ROBERTS,
GURTEJ S. SANDHU,
WEIMIN LI, CHRISTOPHER W. HILL
and VISHNU K. AGARWAL
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Appeal No. 2005-0323
Application No. 09/577,835
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HEARD: APRIL 7, 2005
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Before BARRETT, DIXON, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEVY, 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 25-30, which are all of the
claims pending in this application.
BACKGROUND
Appellants' invention relates to the passivation of
sidewalls of a word line stack. An understanding of the
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