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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 BOON SIEW OOI, YEE LOY LAM, YUEN CHUEN CHAN, YAN ZHOU,
and GEOK ING NG
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Appeal No. 2005-0779
Application No. 09/802,084
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, WALTZ, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal which involves claims 1-16.
The subject matter on appeal relates to a method of
manufacturing a photonic integrated circuit comprising a compound
semiconductor structure having a quantum well region. The method
comprises irradiating the structure using a source of photons to
generate defects and subsequently annealing the structure to
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