Ex parte OHNO - Page 2




          Appeal No. 97-3917                                                          
          Application 08/467,650                                                      

          (filed May 26, 1995)                                                        
                                                                                     
          Torii et al. (Torii)     Japanese Laid Open App. 3-256358                   
                                                  Nov. 15, 1991                       
          Takahashi                Japanese Laid Open App. 4-6865                     
                                                  Jan. 10, 1992                       
          Appellant’s stated prior art Figures 5-6.                                   
                              The Rejections on Appeal                                
               Claims 1-18 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103               
          as being unpatentable over the appellant’s prior art Figures 5              
          and 6 in view of Takahashi, Torii, and Koyama.                              
               Claims 1-18 further stand finally rejected under 35                    
          U.S.C.                                                                      
          § 103 as being unpatentable over the appellant’s prior art                  
          Figures 5 and 6, in view of Takahashi, Torii, Koyama, and                   
          Anand.                                                                      
               With respect to Anand, the examiner states only the                    
          following (answer at 4):                                                    
                         Anand teaches the use of well-known                          
                    materials for capacitance use which would                         
                    have been obvious to a skilled artisan in                         
                    combination with Prior Art Figures 5-6,                           
                    Takahashi, Torii, and Koyama.                                     
                                    The Invention                                     
               The invention is directed to a semiconductor device                    

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