Paper No. 19 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte YUKIHITO OOWAKI ______________ Appeal No. 1998-0449 Application 08/578,900 _______________ HEARD: February 9, 2000 _______________ Before JERRY SMITH, DIXON and FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 15-28, which constitute all the claims remaining in the application. The disclosed invention pertains to a semiconductor memory device. Representative claim 15 is reproduced as follows: 15. A semiconductor memory device comprising: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007