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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte YOSHIHIRO SUGIYAMA,
and YOSHIAKI NAKATA
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Appeal No. 1999-2580
Application No. 08/753,598
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HEARD: July 11, 2002
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Before KRASS, BARRETT, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decidsion on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 3-12 and 14-34,
all of the pending claims.
The invention is directed to a quantum semiconductor device and method of
making the same, wherein the semiconductor device includes quantum dots. It is
alleged that the instant invention is based on the discovery that the freely grown
quantum dots cause a deformation when an intermediate layer having a thickness
smaller than the height of the freely grown quantum dots is formed so as to cover the
freely grown quantum dots. As a result of the deformation of the intermediate layer, the
vertically aligned quantum dots cause a strong quantum mechanical coupling that
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