THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KAZUHIRO KURATA,
HAJIME NAKAMURA and HIROSHI TOMIDA
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Appeal No. 1998-0411
Application No. 08/050,078
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HEARD: March 06, 2001
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Before KIMLIN, KRATZ, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 4-6, which are all of the claims pending
in this application.
Appellants’ invention relates to a method and apparatus
for forming multiple layers on a substrate by epitaxial
growth. An understanding of the invention can be derived from
a reading of appealed claim 4, which is reproduced below.
4. In a process for producing a multi-layered epitaxially
grown crystal comprising a substrate with multiple layers
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