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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 52 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte KOJI SAKUI, TAKEHIRO HASEGAWA, SHIGEYOSHI WATANABE, FUJIO MASUOKA, TSUNEAKI FUSE, TOSHIKI SESHITA, SEIICHI ARITOME, AKIHIRO NITAYAMA, and FUMIO HORIGUCHI Appeal No. 1997-3444 Application 08/268,7281 HEARD: July 12, 2000 Application for patent filed June 30, 1994, entitled1 (as amended in Paper No. 21) "Semiconductor Device Including A Bipolar Transistor Biased To Produce A Negative Base Current By The Impact Ionization Mechanism," which is a continuation of Application 08/035,205, filed March 22, 1993, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application 07/660,982, filed February 27, 1991, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application 07/293,807, filed January 5, 1989, now abandoned. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007