The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 41 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte NAOTO INOUE, KENJI AOKI, and TAKASHI HOSAKA Appeal No. 1998-0970 Application 07/995,3251 ON BRIEF Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT, and FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Application for patent filed December 28, 1992,1 entitled "Method Of Producing Semiconductor Device," which is a continuation of Application 07/558,459, filed July 27, 1990, now abandoned, which claims the foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Japanese Applications 1-194748 and 1-194752, both filed July 27, 1989, and Japanese Application 1-318551, filed December 6, 1989. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007