Ex parte GEISS et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1999-0875                                                        
          Application No. 08/467,353                                                  


          indicated as directed to allowable subject matter but have                  
          been objected to as depending from a rejected claim.                        


          The invention pertains to a capacitor structure.  Claims                    
          12                                                                          
          and 13 read as follows:                                                     
          12.  An integrated circuit device including a body of                       
          solid material, and                                                         
          means for altering stresses in said body of solid                           
          material, said means for altering stresses including a film                 
          from which a volatile material deposited with said film has                 
          been at least partially removed, said film being bonded to a                
          portion of at least one of a layer of material, a fill                      
          material and said body of solid material.                                   
          13.  A device as recited in claim 12, further including                     
          a cavity in said body of solid material,                                    
          wherein said film is bonded to a portion of an interior                     
          surface of said cavity.                                                     

          The references relied upon by the examiner are:                             
          Nakata et al. (Nakata)     4,417,298         Nov. 22, 1983                  
          Kubo et al. (Kubo)         4,432,935         Feb. 21, 1984                  

          Claims 12 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                    
          being unpatentable over Nakata in view of Kubo.                             



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