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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JUNICHI NAKAMURA __________ Appeal No. 1997-0837 Application 08/121,1161 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before URYNOWICZ, THOMAS and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. URYNOWICZ, Administrative Patent Judge. Decision on Appeal This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 4-11 and 15-20, all the claims pending in the application. The invention pertains to a smoothed output image sensor. Claim 4 is illustrative and reads as follows: A smoothed output image sensor, comprising: (a) a plurality of neuron MOSFETs, each neuron MOSFET having at least a primary input gate, two or more secondary input gates 1 Application for patent filed September 13, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007