Appeal No. 1997-1624
Application No. 08/384,816
a second insulating material extending from the bottom
surface of the semiconductor substrate to the noncontinuous
isolation layer.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Cogan 4,860,081 Aug. 22,
1989
Tamagawa 5,045,900 Sep. 03,
1991
(effective filing date Oct. 27, 1988)
Claims 19 through 23 and 25 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Tamagawa in view of Cogan.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 20,
mailed October 31, 1996) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejections, and to appellant's Brief (Paper
No. 18, filed May 6, 1996) and Reply Brief (Paper No. 21,
filed January 7, 1997) for appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
As a preliminary matter we note that appellant indicates
on page 3 of the Brief that the claims are not to stand or
fall together. Appellant, however, discusses claims 19 and 25
together, and, therefore, fails to provide arguments as to the
separate patentability of claim 25 in accordance with 37 CFR
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