Appeal No. 96-0471
Application 07/995,582
buffer region to eliminate breakdown of the base-collector
junction at the surface where the metallurgical junction meets
the sidewall of the trench. Therefore, we do not find a
suggestion in Tasch to modify the admitted prior art to arrive
at the claimed subject matter. The § 103 rejection of claims
1, 4-11, and 14-20 is reversed.
CONCLUSION
The rejection of claims 1, 4-11, and 14-20 under
35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, is reversed.
The rejection of claims 1, 4-11, and 14-20 under § 103 is
reversed.
REVERSED
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ERROL A. KRASS ) APPEALS
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