The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 23
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TANAKA HATSUYUKI, MITSURU SATO,
TOSHIMASA NAKAYAMA and HIROSHI KOMANO
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Appeal No. 1997-3416
Application No. 08/339,440
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ON BRIEF
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Before, WARREN, WALTZ and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal
to allow claim 16, as amended after final rejection. No other
claims are pending in this application.
BACKGROUND
Appellants' invention relates to a developer solution for
an actinic ray sensitive resist layer. The solution includes
an aqueous solvent, a nitrogen-containing organic base
compound and an anionic surface active agent comprising a
diphenyl ether compound of the formula specified in claim 16.
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