The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte MASAO INOUE _____________ Appeal No. 2005-1065 Application No. 10/095,053 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before CAROFF, PAK and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This decision on appeal relates to appellant’s claims 1-5 which have been thrice-rejected by the examiner. Claims 6-8, all the other claims in appellant’s involved application, stand withdrawn from consideration pursuant to the provisions of 37 CFR § 1.142(b) and, thus, are not before us. The claims on appeal are directed to a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device whereby a gate oxide film is formed on the surface of a semiconductor substrate. According toPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007