UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte JUNICHI MIYANO, KIYOHIKO TOSHIKAWA, and YOSHIKAZU MOTOYAMA ______________ Appeal 2007-0496 Application 10/273,147 Technology Center 1700 _______________ Decided: October 15, 2007 _______________ Before CHUNG K. PAK, CHARLES F. WARREN, and CATHERINE Q. TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Applicants appeal to the Board from the decision of the Primary Examiner finally rejecting claims 1 through 12 in the Office Action mailed June 2, 2004 (Office Action). 35 U.S.C. §§ 6 and 134(a) (2002); 37 C.F.R. § 41.31(a) (2005). We affirm-in-part the decision of the Primary Examiner. Claims 1 and 10 illustrate Appellants’ invention of a CVD apparatus, and are representative of the claims on appeal: 1. A CVD apparatus comprising:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Next
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