Ex parte USUI 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                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29         

                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                Ex parte MINORU USUI, TAKAHIRO KATAKURA, FUJIO AKAHANE,               
                  KAZUMI KAMOI, SATOSHI SHINADA, YUKIHISA TAKEUCHI,                   
                                 and NOBUO TAKAHASHI                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2000-0166                                 
                              Application No. 07/809,042                              
                                     ____________                                     
                                HEARD: February 5, 2002                               
                                     ____________                                     
          Before RUGGIERO, LALL, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          LALL, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          



                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the            
          examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-3 which constitute all               
          the claims in the application.                                              
               The disclosed invention is directed to a piezo-                        
          electric/electrostrictive film type chip including a ceramic                
          substrate having a spacer plate with a windows-disposed pattern             






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