Appeal No. 96-1549 Application 08/296,988 collected by the grid, Wordeman does not suggest that the p-type layer would be capable, in the absence of the n-type grid, of blocking enough minority carriers to make it feasible to omit the n-type grid. For the foregoing reasons, the rejection of claim 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Wordeman is reversed. REVERSED ) JAMES D. THOMAS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT JOHN C. MARTIN ) Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) ) INTERFERENCES ) LEE E. BARRETT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) - 7 -Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007