Appeal No. 94-3365
Application 07/759,571
REJECTIONS
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:
(1) Claims 1 through 6 and 9 through 11 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Mao and
Ishizaka; and
(2) Claims 7 through 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Mao and Maeguchi.
CONCLUSION
We reverse each of the above rejections.
OPINION
The examiner has rejected claims 1 through 6 and 9 through
11 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 based on the combined disclosures of Mao
and Ishizaka. The examiner relied on the Mao reference to show a
SIMOX-type structure having a crystalline silicon substrate, a
buried amorphous silicon dioxide layer and a monocrystalline
silicon surface layer. See Answer, the unnumbered page and page
3 in conjunction with Mao, Figure 3 and Example 1. The examiner
found and appellants do not dispute that the SIMOX-type structure
disclosed by the Mao reference is "a starting material for device
manufacture and is not a final product." Compare the entire
Brief with Answer, page 3. The examiner, however, correctly
recognized that the Mao reference does not disclose transforming
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