Appeal No. 96-0289
Application 07/935,301
Fujita 2 64-77141 Mar. 23, 1989
(Japanese Kokai)
THE REJECTIONS
Claim 19 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Fujita. Claims 1, 2
and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over Fujita in view of Choi and
Takemae.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments advanced by appellants and the examiner
and agree with the examiner that the invention recited in appellants’ claim 19 is anticipated by Fujita and
that the invention recited in appellants’ claims 1, 2 and 19 would have been obvious to one of ordinary
skill in the art at the time of appellants’ invention over the applied references. Accordingly, the
aforementioned rejections will be affirmed.
Rejection of claim 19 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
Fujita discloses a method for blowing a fusible metal link, which is positioned over a silicon
nodule and polysilicon layer (Fig. 2(c)), by passing an electric current through the link so as to melt the
link (page 5). The silicon nodule is formed by passing a large electric current through a metallic wiring
layer (11) positioned over a polysilicon layer (12) (page 5). The heat generated causes the polysilicon
2Citations herein are to the English translation of this reference, which is of record.
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