Appeal No. 1999-0559
Application No. 08/846,949
a shallow tank in said substrate, said shallow tank
having a conductivity type opposite the conductivity type of
said substrate;
a first source/drain region in said shallow tank, said
first source/drain region having a conductivity type opposite
the conductivity type of said shallow tank;
a second source/drain region in said shallow tank, said
second source/drain region being spaced from said first
source/drain region and having a conductivity type opposite
the conductivity type of said shallow tank;
a gate having a first end adjacent said first
source/drain region and a second end adjacent said second
source/drain region; and
a low resistance programmed area within one and only one
of said source/drain regions at a junction of said
source/drain region and said shallow tank, said low resistance
programmed area being spaced laterally from said gate.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
Aswell et al. (Aswell) 4,387,503 June 14, 1983
Willis et al. (JP '654) 61-81654 Apr. 25, 1986
(Japanese Kokai patent application)
The present application is a continuation of Application
No. 08/485,590, filed June 7, 1995, now abandoned, which, in
turn, is a divisional of U.S. Application No. 08/070,487,
filed June 2, 1993. An appeal was taken to this Board in the
grandparent application (Appeal No. 95-0675). The appealed
claims in the prior appeal were essentially directed to a
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