The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JUNKO MORIKAWA, HIDEMASA TAKAHASHI and KAZUNORI ASANO ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0892 Application No. 08/630,128 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before RUGGIERO, DIXON, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-9, which are the only claims remaining in the application. Claims 10-13 have been canceled. The claimed invention relates to a field effect transistor (FET) having a step-doped and recessed gate structure with the gate electrode oriented along a specific direction. ThisPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007