The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007