Ex Parte 6357595 et al - Page 1



                   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                         for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                         
                                        ___________                                          
                                    NEC CORPORATION                                          
                           and SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD.,                                  
                                (United States Patent 6,357,595),                            
                                                Patent Owners-Appellants,                    
                                             v.                                              
                                      ENTEGRIS, INC.,                                        
                                                Third-Party Requester-Respondent.            
                                        ___________                                          
                                      Appeal 2006-3236                                       
                        Inter Partes Reexamination Control No. 95/000,006                    
                                   Technology Center 3900                                    
                                        ___________                                          
                                   HEARD: January 9, 2007                                    
                                        ___________                                          
                                  DECIDED:  March 26, 2007                                   
                                        ___________                                          
             Before JOHN C. MARTIN, LEE E. BARRETT, and JAMESON LEE,                         
             Administrative Patent Judges.                                                   
             BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                           
                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                        
                   This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. §§ 134(b) and 315(a) by      
             the Patent Owners after a Right of Appeal Notice finally rejecting              
             claims 1-11 and 16.  Claims 12-15 have been canceled.                           
                   We affirm-in-part and enter new grounds of rejection.                     




Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  Next

Last modified: September 9, 2013