Ex Parte Asmussen 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                           for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                      
                                                 ____________                                                     
                             Ex parte JES ASMUSSEN and WEN SHIN HUANG                                             
                                                 ____________                                                     
                                               Appeal 2006-2992                                                   
                                            Application 10/073,710                                                
                                            Technology Center 1700                                                
                                                 ____________                                                     
                                           Decided: January 30, 2007                                              
                                                 ____________                                                     

                Before EDWARD C. KIMLIN, THOMAS A. WALTZ, and                                                     
                CATHERINE Q. TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                  

                WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                               

                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                     
                       This is a decision on an appeal from the Primary Examiner’s final                          
                rejection of claims 1 through 5 and 8 through 19, which are the only claims                       
                pending in this application.  We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C.                          
                § 134.                                                                                            
                       According to Appellants, the invention is directed to a process for                        
                depositing a nanocrystalline diamond film with a grain size between 1 and                         




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