The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 39 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte FUMITOSHI YAMAMOTO and TOMOHIDE TERASHIMA ____________ Appeal No. 1998-2046 Application No. 08/787,332 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before RUGGIERO, HECKER and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. HECKER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 6, 12 and 13. Claims 7 through 11 have been withdrawn from consideration as being directed to a non- elected invention. This constitutes all claims pending in the application. The invention relates to a semiconductor device having a high breakdown voltage. In particular, referring to Figures 1A and 1B, inorganic insulating film 15 covers first andPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007