Ex parte KAZUMI KURIMOTO et al. - Page 1




                                     THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                             
                The opinion in support of the decision being entered today                                                                    
                (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and                                                                      
                (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                    
                                                                                                            Paper No. 29                      

                                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                             
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                               
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                 
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                                                     Ex parte KAZUMI KURIMOTO,                                                                
                                               AKIRA HIROKI, and SHINJI ODANAKA                                                               
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                                                           Appeal No. 95-4641                                                                 
                                                       Application 08/023,1221                                                                
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                                                         HEARD: Oct. 14, 1997                                                                 
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                Before KRASS, SMITH, JERRY, and CARMICHAEL, Administrative Patent                                                             
                Judges.                                                                                                                       
                KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                           

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                 
                                 This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of                                                     
                claims 1, 3 and 5 through 14, constituting all the claims remaining                                                           
                in the application.                                                                                                           
                                 The invention is directed to a MIS transistor having a gate                                                  
                sidewall insulating layer.  The structure of the instant invention is                                                         

                                 1Application for patent filed February 26, 1993.                                                             
                According to appellant, this application is a division of Application                                                         
                07/780,760, filed October 25, 1991, now U.S. Patent No. 5,221,632.                                                            
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