The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte TAKAYUKI YAMADA, MUTSUYA TAKAHASHI
and MASAKI NAGATA
Appeal No. 2005-0586
Application No. 09/791,634
HEARD: June 8, 2005
Before KIMLIN, OWENS and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent
Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 39-70.
Claim 39 is illustrative:
39. A micro-structure, comprising a plurality of laminated
thin films having two-dimensionally patterned form, wherein
surfaces of each thin film are cleaned by removing impurities on
the film surface, and the cleaned surfaces of opposite thin films
are directly contacted and bonded together without a contaminated
layer on the surface of the thin films.
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