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for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HISASHI OHTANI, MISAKO NAKAZAWA, and SATOSHI MURAKAMI
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Appeal No. 2006-1372
Application No. 09/197,767
Technology Center 2800
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HEARD: October 18, 2006
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Before JERRY SMITH, GROSS, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1
through 5, 16, 22 through 27, 40, and 46 through 74, which are all of the claims pending
in this application.
Appellants’ invention relates to a semiconductor device having transistor, an
interlayer insulating film, and a reflective pixel electrode over the insulating film. An
embedded conductive layer fills a contact hole in the interlayer insulating layer to
connect the pixel electrode with the transistor, and the surface of the embedded
conductive layer is flush with the interlayer insulating layer. Claim 1 is illustrative of the
claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
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