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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 40 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte NAOMI FUJIMORI, AKIHIKO IKEGAYA, TAKAHIRO IMAI, NOBUHIRO OTA and TAKAYUKI SHIBATA ____________ Appeal No. 1996-3121 Application No. 08/115,783 ____________ HEARD: February 23, 2000 ____________ Before KIMLIN, JOHN D. SMITH, and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges. JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1, 3-9, and 13-15. Appealed claims 1 and 13 are representative and are reproduced below: 1. A method for producing diamond by a CVD method comprising:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007