Appeal No. 96-1763
Application No. 08/056,941
This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 2 and 5-
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12, which are all of the claims pending in this application.
BACKGROUND
The present invention relates to a semiconductor element having a plurality of layers
as set forth in claim 1 below. The semiconductor forms a stripe laser.
Appellants have indicated that claims 1, 2 and 5-12 do not stand or fall together and
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provides argument thereto. (See brief at pages 3-4.)
Independent claim 1 is representative of the invention and reproduced as follows:
1. A semiconductor element comprising:
a substrate of a first conductivity type;
a lower cladding layer of said first conductivity type on said substrate;
an active layer on said lower cladding layer;
an upper cladding layer of a second conductivity type on said active layer;
a blocking layer of said first conductivity type on said upper cladding layer;
a cap layer of said second conductivity type on said blocking layer;
Claims 4, 13 and 14 are directed to non-elected claims which were restricted.2
3Appellants filed an appeal brief on May 18, 1995 (Paper No. 24). We will refer to this appeal brief
as simply the brief. Appellants filed a reply brief on October 10, 1995 (Paper No. 26). We will refer to this
reply brief as simply the reply.
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