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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CARSTEN ROHR, KEITH W.J. BARNHAM,
NICHOLAS EKINS-DAUKES, JAMES P. CONNOLLY,
IAN M. BALLARD, and MASSIMO MAZZER
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Appeal 2006-2150
Application 09/955,297
Technology Center 1700
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Decided: December 8, 2006
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Before GARRIS, WARREN, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative
Patent Judges.
GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal which involves claims 1-18, 20-27,
31-33, and 35-58.
The subject matter on appeal relates to a photovoltaic device
comprising a plurality of quantum wells and barriers having tensile strained
layers and compressively strained layers wherein these layers have
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