THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte HIDEFUMI HIURA ____________ Appeal No. 2002-0465 Application No. 09/432,610 ____________ HEARD: September 17, 2002 ____________ Before WALTZ, KRATZ and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 28-37, which are all of the claims pending in this application. BACKGROUND Appellant's invention relates to a method for treating a surface atomic layer of a graphite sheet comprising the steps of selecting a pattern, determining growth points that can be expanded to form the selected pattern, forming generally circularPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007