Ex Parte Yamada et al - Page 1



               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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.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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