The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RAINALD SANDER and CHIHAO XU
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Appeal No. 2000-2100
Application No. 09/101,371
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HEARD: April 24, 2002
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Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.
HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 and 2.
The disclosed invention relates to the symmetrical arrangement
of outputs of either a power MOSFET or a power bipolar transistor
located on an integrated semiconductor chip. The symmetrically
arranged outputs are bonded to a conductor frame via two
symmetrically shaped bond wires that carry substantially equal
values of current.
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