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                             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                                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 SRINIVAS DODDI, LAWRENCE LANE,                                       VI                      
               VUONG, MIKE LAUGHERY,                                             JUNWEI BAO,KELLY BARRY,              
                             NICKHIL JAKATDAR and EMMANUEL DREGE                                                      
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                                                Appeal No. 2006-0996                                                  
                                              Application No. 10/162,516                                              
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                                                      ON BRIEF                                                        
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             Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.                                  
             JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                



                                              DECISION ON APPEAL                                                      
             This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection                     
             of claims 1, 6, 8-11, 13, 27, 29, 38-41, 48 and 54.  Pending claims 2-5, 7, 12, 28, 46 and               
             47 have been indicated by the examiner to contain allowable subject matter.                              


             The disclosed invention pertains to a method and apparatus  of selecting                                 
             wavelengths for use in optical metrology of an integrated circuit structure having a                     
             nominal profile.                                                                                         





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