The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 41 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte MITSUFUMI CODAMA, KAZUSHI SUGIURA, YUKIO YAMAUCHI, NAOYA SAKAMOTO, and MICHIO ARAI Appeal No. 1999-1647 Application 08/934,0881 HEARD: December 12, 2001 Before BARRETT, GROSS, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge. Application for patent filed September 19, 1997,1 entitled "Semiconductor Device and Method for Operating the Same," which is a continuation of Application 08/577,390, filed December 22, 1995, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application 08/328,411, filed October 25, 1994, now abandoned, which claims the foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Japanese Application 5-297492, filed November 2, 1993. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007