Appeal No. 96-1507 Application 08/168,185 Appellant has appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 and 8, which constitute all the claims remaining in the application. Representative claim 1 is reproduced below: 1. A semiconductor device mounted in a resin sealed container comprising: a semiconductor element; a base including a cavity in which said semiconductor element is mounted, said base having a bonding surface; a cover having a bonding surface and a side surface transverse to the bonding surface of said cover, the bonding surface of said cover being disposed on the bonding surface of said base, thereby defining a closed volume including the cavity; at least two spaced apart masses of a temporary bonding resin disposed between and contacting the bonding surfaces of said cover and said base and including solid particles having a grain size that determines spacing between the bonding surfaces of said cover and said base; and a thermosetting resin bonding material covering the side surface of said cover and disposed on the bonding surfaces of said base and said cover, sealing said cover to said base. The following references are relied on by the examiner: Schuessler 4,159,221 June 26, 1979 Kovacs et al. (Kovacs) 5,064,968 Nov. 12, 1991 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007