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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DONALD S. FARQUHAR
and KONSTANTINOS I. PAPATHOMAS
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Appeal No. 2005-0798
Application No. 10/460,000
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, 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 9, 11-13, 16-19 and 28-38.
Claim 9 and 18 are representative of the subject matter on
appeal and are set forth below, wherein the text in bold is for
emphasis only:
9. A hole fill composition comprising:
a fluoropolymer dielectric material;
a silica filler material comprised of particles, each
particle being substantially spherical or spheroidal and
having a size of from about 0.1 micron to about 40 microns;
and
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