Ex parte FUKUHARA et al. - Page 1




              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              written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board                                           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 HIDEYUKI FUKUHARA                                                     
                                                and SHIGEO ASHIGAKI                                                       
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                                                Appeal No. 1998-3074                                                      
                                                Application 08/804,850                                                    
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                           
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              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;                   

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