Appeal No. 2002-1417
Application No. 09/306,484
The examiner relies on the following references:
Fontana 5,701,223 Dec. 23, 1997
Fuke et al. (Fuke) 5,976,713 Nov. 2, 1999
(filed Apr. 2, 1998)
Gill 6,061,210 May 9, 2000
(filed Sep. 22, 1997)
Hayashi 6,101,072 Aug. 8, 2000
(filed Feb. 23, 1998)
Claims 1, 4-7, and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Fontana and Gill.
Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Fontana, Gill, and Hayashi.
Claims 8-11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Fontana, Gill, and Fuke.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 5) and the Examiner’s Answer (Paper
No. 10) for a statement of the examiner’s position and to the Brief (Paper No. 9) for
appellants’ position with respect to the claims which stand rejected.
OPINION
The rejection of instant claim 1 is set forth at pages 3 and 4 of the Answer.
Since Fontana does not show a “buffer layer” as claimed, the examiner relies on Gill for
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