The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ATSUSHI YAMADA, TSUTOMU NEGISHI, TOSHIHARU KOBAYASHI and NORIO WATANABE __________ Appeal No. 2003-1392 Application 09/593,867 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING, and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 8. The disclosed invention relates to a method and apparatus for simultaneously displaying plural images in a scanning charged-particle beam instrument. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007