The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was
not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 23
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TADAAKI HONMA
and TAKESHI ARAI
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Appeal No. 2002-1640
Application No. 09/296,806
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HEARD: March 6, 2003
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Before KIMLIN, OWENS, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL1
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 7, 8,
9, 10, and 11. Claims 1-6 have been cancelled.
A copy of claim 7 is set forth below as representative of
the subject matter on appeal:
Claim 7 The apparatus for thin film growth in which with a
1 Appellants have submitted a supplemental brief after oral hearing, and this
supplemental brief has been entered as Paper No. 23. However, we do not
consider this paper because the rules do not provide for submission of
arguments after oral hearing.
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