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           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           written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                                Ex parte MASAO INOUE                                  
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                                Appeal No. 2005-1065                                  
                             Application No. 10/095,053                               
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                                    ON BRIEF                                          
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          Before CAROFF, PAK and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                 
          CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This decision on appeal relates to appellant’s claims 1-5              
          which have been thrice-rejected by the examiner.  Claims 6-8, all           
          the other claims in appellant’s involved application, stand                 
          withdrawn from consideration pursuant to the provisions of 37 CFR           
          § 1.142(b) and, thus, are not before us.                                    
               The claims on appeal are directed to a method of                       
          manufacturing a semiconductor device whereby a gate oxide film is           
          formed on the surface of a semiconductor substrate.  According to           




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