Ex Parte SANDER et al - Page 2



          Appeal No. 2000-2100                                                        
          Application No. 09/101,371                                                  

               Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads         
          as follows:                                                                 
               1.  A semiconductor component composed of an integrated                
          semiconductor chip having a first large side and a second large             
          side, comprising:                                                           
               one power MOSFET or one power bipolar transistor having first          
          terminal surfaces for an input and an ;output;                              
               a signal-processing circuit that processes a weak-current              
          signal and that has second terminal surfaces on said second large           
          side;                                                                       
               a conductor frame;                                                     
               said first and second terminal surfaces connected to said              
          conductor frame via a plurality of bond wires;                              
               said power MOSFET or power bipolar transistor having said              
          input on said first large side and two symmetrically arranged               
          outputs on said second large side; and                                      
               said symmetrically arranged outputs bonded to said conductor           
          frame via two symmetrically shaped bond wires carrying an almost            
          same current.                                                               
               The reference relied on by the examiner is:                            
          Masuda et al. (Masuda)        5,029,267           July 2, 1991              
               Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under the second paragraph of 35         
          U.S.C. § 112 for indefiniteness.                                            
               Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as              
          being unpatentable over the admitted prior art figures in view of           
          Masuda.                                                                     

                                          2                                           




Page:  Previous  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  Next 

Last modified: November 3, 2007