The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was
not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 43
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HIDEAKI UEDA, KEIICHI FURUKAWA,
and YOSHIHISA TERASAKA
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Appeal No. 2004-1584
Application No. 09/067,746
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HEARD: November 18, 2004
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Before OWENS, KRATZ, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is decision on appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 36-45 and 48-57.
Claims 36 and 48 are representative of the subject matter
on appeal, and are set forth below:
36. A process for preparing an organic
electroluminescent element consisting essentially of:
forming a positive electrode substrate by dry
etching a transparent electrode in a vacuum;
dry washing said formed positive electrode
substrate, the vacuum being unbroken from the positive
electrode substrate forming through the dry washing,
said dry washing being selected from the group
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