The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 SHIGETAKA KOBAYASHI, TAKESHI YAMADA and MASAKI HANADA Appeal No. 2006-0364 Application No. 10/068,400 ON BRIEF Before KIMLIN, WARREN and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 25, 32 and 39. Appellants do not appeal the final rejection of claims 22-24, 26-31, 33-38, 40 and 41. Illustrative claim 25 is reproduced below, as is claim 22, upon which claim 25 depends. Also, the examiner has withdrawn the rejection of claims 25, 32 and 39 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph. 22. A method of forming a bonded assembly, said method comprising the steps of: -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007