The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte HIDEYUKI FUKUHARA and SHIGEO ASHIGAKI __________ Appeal No. 1998-3074 Application 08/804,850 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 7 and 19 through 26, which constitute all the claims in the application. Representative claim 1 is reproduced below: 1. An integrated circuit, comprising: A. a substrate of semiconductor material; B. a patterned layer of polysilicon formed over and insulated from the substrate; 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007