The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte GUOQIANG XING,
KENNETH D. BRENNAN and PING JIANG
Appeal No. 2005-0811
Application No. 09/901,416
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent
Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-13.
Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A method for forming interconnects, comprising:
providing a silicon substrate containing one or more
electronic devices;
forming a first dielectric layer over said silicon
substrate;
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