Appeal No. 96-0396
Application 08/091,953
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1 through 16, all of the claims in the
application.
Appellants’ invention relates to an apparatus utilized
in the testing and burning in of semiconductor components.
Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal and a
copy of claim 1, as it appears in the Appendix to appellants’
brief, is attached to this decision.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Dice 4,145,620 Mar. 20, 1979
Yoshizaki 4,468,616 Aug. 28, 1984
Hamilton 4,900,948 Feb. 13, 1990
Claims 5 through 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, first paragraph, since, in the examiner’s opinion, the
specification as originally filed does not provide support for
the invention as it is now claimed. The examiner argues that the
specification as originally filed teaches the use of a DC to DC
converter that reduces both voltage and current, and that by
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