Appeal No. 1997-4442
Application 08/353,040
The Examiner relies on Appellants' admitted prior art
(APA) that laser trimming of resistors was known
(specification, page 1, line 25, to page 2, line 2, describing
U.S. Patent 4,907,341 to Chapel, Jr. et al. (Chapel)) and the
following prior art references:
Mcquaid et al. (Mcquaid) 4,746,896 May
24, 1988
Drabkin 5,039,976 August 13,
1991
Sahagen 5,088,329 February 18,
1992
de Wit 5,448,103 September 5,
1995
(effective filing date May 19,
1992)
Claims 2 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
anticipated by de Wit or, in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over de Wit in view of the APA.
Claims 3 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over de Wit, APA, further in view of
Mcquaid.3
In the Final Rejection, the Examiner rejected3
claims 3-5 over de Wit, APA, Mcquaid, and Sahagen. Sahagen
was applied only against claim 4 to show TiW as a bonding
agent. The rejection of claim 4 and the reliance on Sahagen
have been withdrawn.
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