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`MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC
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`Title of Invention:
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`METHODS OF FORMING CMOS TRANSISTORS WITH HIGH CONDUCTIVITY
`GATE ELECTRODES
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`Jongwon Lee
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`METHODS OF FORMING CMOS TRANSISTORS WITH HIGH CONDUCTIVITY
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`Jongwon Lee
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`TITLE OF INVENTION: METHODS OF FORMING CMOS TRANSISTORS WITH HIGH CONDUCTIVITY GATE ELECTRODES
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTNIENT OF CO3/HVIERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAIVIED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`12/942,763
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`11/09/2010
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`Jongwon Lee
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`5649-29 85
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`2294
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`MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC
`PO BOX 37428
`RALEIGH, Nc 27627
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`EXAIVIINER
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`BROWNNALERIEN
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`2897
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`DATE MAILED: 06/22/2012
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`Determination of Patent Term Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 (b)
`(application filed on or after May 29, 2000)
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`The Patent Term Adjustment to date is 0 day(s). If the issue fee is paid on the date that is three months after the
`mailing date of this notice and the patent issues on the Tuesday before the date that is 28 weeks (six and a half
`months) after the mailing date of this notice, the Patent Term Adjustment will be 0 day(s).
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`PTOL-85 (Rev. 02/11)
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`NVIDIA Corp.
`Exhibit 1002
`Page 009
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`NVIDIA Corp.
`Exhibit 1002
`Page 010
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Application No.
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`12/942,763
`Examiner
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`VALERIE N. BROWN
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`App|icant(s)
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`LEE ET AL.
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`-- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address-
`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application.
`If not included
`herewith (or previously mailed). a Notice of Allowance (PTOL—85) or other appropriate communication will be mailed in due course. THIS
`NOTICE OF ALLOWABILITY IS NOT A GRANT OF PATENT RIGHTS. This application is subject to withdrawal from issue at the initiative
`of the Office or upon petition by the applicant. See 37 CFR 1.313 and MPEP 1308.
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`1.
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`This communication is responsive to 02/28/12.
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`2. [I An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
`the restriction requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
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`3.
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`The allowed c|aim(s) is/are 1-5 and 21-30.
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`4. El Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`a) I:I All
`b) I:I Some*
`c) I] None
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`1. El Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2. El Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
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`3. El Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this national stage application from the
`International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
`* Certified copies not received:
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`INFORMAL PATENT APPLICATION (PTO-152) which gives reason(s) why the oath or declaration is deficient.
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`(a) El including changes required by the Notice of Draftsperson’s Patent Drawing Review ( PTO-948) attached
`1) El hereto or 2) I:I to Paper No./Mail Date
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`2. El Notice of Draftperson‘s Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
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`Paper No./Mail Date
`4. El Examiner’s Comment Regarding Requirement for Deposit
`of Biological Material
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`5. El Notice of Informal Patent Application
`6. El Interview Summary (PTO-413),
`Paper No./Mail Date
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`7. El Examiner’s Amendment/Comment
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`8. IX Examiner’s Statement of Reasons for Allowance
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`9. El Other
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`US. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-37 (Rev. 03-11)
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20120612
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`NVIDIA Corp.
`Exhibit 1002
`Page 011
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`Application/Control Number: l2/942,763
`Art Unit: 2897
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`REASONS FOR ALLOWANCE
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`The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance: Claim 1 recites
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`forming a metal buffer gate electrode layer on the gate insulating layer; forming a dummy gate
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`electrode on the buffer gate electrode layer, said dummy gate electrode layer and said buffer gate
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`electrode layer comprising different materials gate insulating layer; patterning the dummy gate
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`electrode layer and the buffer gate electrode layer in sequence to define a buffer gate electrode
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`on the gate insulating layer and a dummy gate electrode on the buffer gate electrode and filling a
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`space between the inner sidewalls of the spacers by depositing a second metal layer onto a
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`portion of the first metal layer extending between the inner sidewalls of the spacers to thereby
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`define a metal gate electrode comprising a composite of the second metal layers layer, a portion
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`of the first metal layer having a U—shaped cross—section and the buffer gate electrode. These
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`limitations in combination with the other limitations as set forth in the claims are neither taught
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`nor suggested in the prior art. Claims 2-5 depend from claim 1 and are allowable for at least that
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`reason.
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`2.
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`Claim 21 recites the limitations forming a first metal gate electrode layer on the gate
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`insulating layer; forming a dummy gate electrode layer on the first metal gate electrode layer,
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`said dummy gate electrode layer and said first metal gate electrode layer comprising different
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`materials; patterning the dummy gate electrode layer and the first metal gate electrode layer in
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`sequence to define a dummy gate electrode on the patterned first metal gate electrode layer and
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`pl anari zing the third metal gate electrode layer and the second metal gate electrode layer to
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`thereby define a composite metal gate electrode of a PMOS transistor between the inner
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`NVIDIA Corp.
`Exhibit 1002
`Page 012
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`Application/Control Number: l2/942,763
`Art Unit: 2897
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`sidewalls of the spacers, said composite metal gate electrode comprising a portion of the third
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`metal gate electrode layer, a portion of the second metal gate electrode layer having a U—shaped
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`cross-section and the patterned first metal gate electrode layer. These limitations in combination
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`with the other limitations as set forth in the claims are neither taught nor suggested in the prior
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`art. Claims 22-30 depend from claim 21 and are allowable for at least that reason.
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`Allowance.”
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