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 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007