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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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 SUJIT SHARAN
and
GURTEJ S. SANDHU
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Appeal No. 2005-0822
Application No. 09/825,612
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ON BRIEF
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Before DELMENDO, JEFFREY T. SMITH, and PAWLIKOWSKI,
Administrative Patent Judges.
DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 (2004)
from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 13 through 18, 22
through 26, and 28 (final Office action mailed on Apr. 9, 2003),
which are all of the claims pending in the above-identified
application.
The subject matter on appeal relates to: (i) a method of
making a semiconductor device (claims 13-18); (ii) a method of
performing a “back-end-of-the-line process” (claims 22-26); and
(iii) a semiconductor processing method (claim 28). Further
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