Ex parte YAMAZAKI et al. - Page 7

                  Appeal No. 1999-1466                                                                                                                    
                  Application No. 08/371,486                                                                                                              

                  insulator with a silicon nitride gate insulator.  Accordingly, we do not sustain the section                                            
                  103 rejection of claims 101-135.  Since the references as applied fail to establish a prima                                             
                  facie case of obviousness, we find unnecessary the consideration of the rebuttal evidence                                               
                  referenced on page 9 of the Brief.                                                                                                      


                                                                  CONCLUSION                                                                              
                           The rejection of claims 101-135 is reversed.                                                                                   


                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              




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