Appeal No. 1997-3484 Application 08/089,359 a first drain contact above said wide bandgap layer, wherein said first source contact and said first drain contact are alloyed and thereby driven into said material structure to make contact with said low-noise channel layer; and a first gate contact to said low-noise buffer layer; and a second active region comprising: a second source contact above said wide bandgap layer; a second drain contact above said wide bandgap layer, wherein said second source contact and said second drain contact are alloyed and thereby driven into said material structure to make contact with said power channel layer; and a second gate contact to said wide band-gap [sic] layer; wherein said first active region and said second active region are electrically isolated from one another. The Examiner relies on the following prior art: Itoh 4,866,490 September 12, 1989 Takikawa 5,302,840 April 12, 1994 (filed June 17, 1992) Claims 1 and 3-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as anticipated by, or in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Takikawa. - 3 -Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007