Appeal No. 2000-1402
Application No. 08/755,052
providing cross-over and contact capabilities.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A wiring structure comprising:
a first planar wire in a first planar metallization layer,
wherein the first planar wire has a first leg and a second leg
spaced apart by an insulative material;
a second planar wire in a second planar metallization layer,
wherein the second planar metallization layer is in direct
contact with the first planar metallization layer, and wherein
the second planar wire crosses the insulating material and is
electrically insulated from the first and second legs of the
first planar wire; and
a connection stud in a contact layer wherein the first and
second legs of the first planar wire are in electrical connection
with the connection stud.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Pritchard Jr. et al. (Pritchard Jr.) 3,366,519 Jan. 30, 1968
Stolmeijer 5,834,845 Nov. 10, 1998
(filed Sept. 21, 1995)
Claims 1, 2, 5 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b)
as anticipated by Pritchard. Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 11 and 12 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(e) as anticipated by Stolmeijer.
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