•The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 Robert P. Meagley, Kevin P. O’Brien, Tian-An Chen, Michael D. Goodner, James Powers and Huey-Chiang Liou ____________ Appeal No. 2006-0367 Application No. 10/353,506 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judges; BARRY and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge. A. INTRODUCTION A patent examiner finally rejected claims 17-20, 26, and 27. The appellant appeals therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We affirm. B. FINDINGS OF FACT ("FOF") INVENTION 1. The invention concerns semiconductor structures. (Spec., p. 1, ll. 2-3.)Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007