The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte TSUKASA YAJIMA ____________ Appeal No. 2005-0520 Application No. 09/768,271 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 6-9 and 11-19, all of the claims remaining in the present application. Claim 6 is illustrative: 6. A semiconductor device comprising: first and second gates formed on active regions of a substrate, said first and second gates each consisting of a refractory metal layer on a polysilicon layer; a field oxide formed on the substrate between said first and second gates;Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007