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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MASUMITSU INO and TOSHIKAZU MAEKAWA
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Appeal No. 2002-0128
Application No. 08/878,588
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HEARD: FEBRUARY 5, 2003
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Before KRASS, RUGGIERO, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-6 and 17-22, which are all of the claims pending in the
present application. Claims 7-16 have been canceled.
The claimed invention relates to a process for fabricating a
thin film semiconductor in which a laser annealing treatment is
used to locally heat and melt a semiconducting thin film on an
insulating substrate. During a cooling step, the thin film
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