Appeal No. 1996-3444 Application No. 08/245,785 The Examiner relies on the following references: Brown 2,791,759 May 07, 1957 Waters et al. (Waters) 3,651,384 Mar. 21, 1972 Takeshita et al. (Takeshita) 4,920,513 Apr. 24, 1990 Young (Canadian) 583,199 Sep. 15, 1959 Chang et al. (Chang), “Vertical Diode-Capacitor Memory Cells”, IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, Vol. 15, No. 9, published February 1973, pp. 2887-2889. Sze, Physics of Semiconductor Devices, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, published 1981, page 64. The rejections of the appealed claims are set forth by the Examiner as follows: 1. Claim 1 stands finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Chang in view of Takeshita and Waters. 2. Claim 2 stands finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Chang in view of Takeshita and Waters and further in view of Young. 3. Claims 3-21 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007