Appeal No. 1999-0843
Application No. 08/666,970
at least one of said electrode terminals having a second
contact area section electrically connected to said
respective finger section and being disposed laterally
opposite said first contact area section across said
finger section.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art
references:1
Kaneko 62-296475 Dec. 23, 1987
(Published Japanese Patent Application)2
Kojima et al. (Kojima) EP 0 494 625 A1 Jul. 15,
1992
(Published European Patent Application)
NE 9004 Series Data Sheet (NEC), Electrical Characteristics,
Chip Dimensions and Handling, Chapter 2-22 (undated).3
Claims 1-3, 6, 7, and 12-16 stand finally rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(f) as being anticipated by Appellant’s
admitted prior art. Claims 1-4 and 6-8 stand finally rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Kaneko.
Claims 5, 9, and 12-16 stand finally rejected under
1In addition, the Examiner relies on Appellant’s admissions as to the
prior art as illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings along with the
accompanying description in the specification.
2A copy of a translation provided by the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office, June 31, 1998, is enclosed with this decision.
3Although no publication date appears on this document, it was part of
a submission of admitted prior art in the Information Disclosure Statement
filed September 19, 1996 (Paper No. 4).
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