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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MARK R. VISOKAY, ANTONIO L. ROTONDARO
and LUIGI COLOMBO
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Appeal No. 2006-0318
Application No. 10/195,271
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, KRASS, and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from a rejection of claims 1-5. Claims 6-11
stand withdrawn from consideration.
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim an integrated circuit comprising NMOS and
PMOS transistors wherein the gates of all of those transistors are
made of the same material but the gate material of the NMOS
transistors has a different texture than the gate material of the
PMOS transistors. By different texture the appellants mean that
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