The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was
not written for publication and is not binding precedent of
the Board.
Paper No. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TATSUYA ADACHI, TAKASHI KAITO, YOSHIHIRO KOYAMA
and KOUJI IWASAKI
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Appeal No. 1998-2405
Application 08/351,093
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, DELMENDO and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of
claims 1-14, which are all of the claims in the application.
THE INVENTION
The appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward a
method for micromachining a sample, such as a semiconductor
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