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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 FERNANDO GONZALEZ and CHANDRA MOULI
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Appeal No. 2006-3039
Application No. 10/751,141
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH, and HOMERE, 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 12-25, which constitute all the claims pending in this application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a transistor with vertical junction edges. The
transistor is fabricated by forming trenches in a substrate and filling the trenches with an
oxide material. Shallow cavities are formed in the oxide material and are filled with a
polysilicon material to form the drain and source terminals respectively. Vertical
junctions are formed between the polysilicon and the exposed substrate at the trench
edges.
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