The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 48 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte HIROTOSHI MAEDA, KOUICHI KUNIMUNE, EIJI WATANABE, and KOUICHI KATOU __________ Appeal No. 1999-1066 Application No. 08/756,440 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before GARRIS, KRATZ, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal which involves claims 7, 9, 11-19, 21-24 and 28-32. These are all of the claims remaining in the application. The subject matter on appeal relates to a negative photosensitive resin composition which comprises an acid generating compound for generating an acid by light irradiation 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007