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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte ISAMU HANYU, MITSUJI NUNOKAWA and SATORU ASAI ________________ Appeal No. 95-1487 Application 07/813,3871 ________________ HEARD: January 16, 1998 ________________ Before KIMLIN, PAK and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 2 and 4-16, which are the only claims remaining in this application. According to appellants, the invention is directed to an optical exposure mask for patterning an optical beam and a method Application for patent filed December 27, 1991.1 -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007