The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 KANWAL K. RAINA Appeal No. 2006-0374 Application No. 10/120,511 ON BRIEF Before GARRIS, PAK and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal which involves claims 1, 3, 5, 7-11 and 24-27. The subject matter on appeal relates to a method of treating at least one flat panel display current emitter which comprises exposing a native oxide-containing tip of a current emitter to a hydrogenation process and exposing the hydrogenation process- treated tip of the current emitter to a nitrogen infusion -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007