Appeal No. 95-2320
Application No. 08/074,517
forming a protection film on said insulator layer so as to
cover surfaces of at least said interconnection layers, and
expose a surface of said testing electrode.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Yabu et al. 4,455,194 Jun. 19, 1984
(Yabu)
Takayama et al. 4,536,949 Aug. 27, 1985
(Takayama)
Fischer 4,853,758 Aug. 1, 1989
Billig et al. 5,025,300 Jun. 18, 1991
(Billig) (filed Jul. 25, 1990)
Claims 7 through 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Fischer in view of Billig, Takayama or Yabu.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of appellants and the
examiner, reference is made to the brief and answer for the
respective details thereof.
OPINION
Initially, we note, in passing, that while the
examiner’s statement of rejection appears to be a rejection over
Fischer, as the primary reference, in view of any one of Billig,
Takayama or Yabu, because claim 7 includes the limitation of a
“testing electrode” and the examiner appears to rely only on
either one of Takayama or Yabu, but not Billig, for this feature,
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