Appeal No. 95-2454
Application No. 07/396,733
3. The subject matter of claims 2, 3, 5-9, 12, 14, 15, 19, 20, and 36-48 stands rejected under 35
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U.S.C. § 103 over the combination of Doo, Jones, Clevenger and Murphy.
4. The subject matter of claims 25-35 and 49-59 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over the
combination of Doo, Jones, Clevenger, Murphy, Karcher and Makimoto.9
DECISION
We affirm the rejection of claims 2, 3, 5, 6, 12, 14, 15, 19, 20, and 25-28, 30, 36-41 and 48 over
the combination of Frouin, Murphy and Doo. We reverse the rejection of claims 7-9, 42-47 and 53-58
over the combination of Frouin, Murphy and Doo. We affirm the rejection of 25-35 and 49-52 and 59
over the combination of Frouin, Murphy, and Doo and Makimoto. We reverse the rejection of claims 57
and 58 over the combination of Frouin, Murphy, and Doo and Makimoto. We reverse the rejection of
claims 2, 3, 5-9, 12, 14, 19, 20, and 36-48 over the combination of Doo, Jones, Clevenger and Murphy.
We reverse the rejection of claims 25-35 and 49-59 Doo, Jones, Clevenger, Murphy, Karcher and
Makimoto.
ANALYSIS
The rejections based on the Frouin patent
Independent claims 14 and 36
The examiner rejects these claims over the combined teachings of Frouin, Murphy and Doo. We
affirm this rejection.
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Jones, “A Composite Insulator-Junction Isolation,” 5 Electrochemical Technology 308 (May-June
1967).
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Clevenger, U.S. Patent 3,534,234, issued October 13, 1970, based upon application 04/601,970, filed
December 15, 1966.
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Karcher, U.S. Patent 3,404,450, issued October 8, 1968, based upon application 04/523,099, filed
January 26, 1966.
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