The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte TOSHIAKI OHMORI ______________ Appeal 2005-2100 Application 09/826,038 Technology Center 1700 _______________ Decided: September 15, 2006 _______________ Before ADAMS, JEFFREY T. SMITH, and FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claim 6. Claim 6 is reproduced below: 6. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including a plurality of processing processes, the method comprising the steps of: dry etching a predetermined film to be processed; wet etching, after said step of dry etching, the predetermined film to be processed;Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007