Appeal No. 2001-1523
Application No. 08/731,236
forming bipolar transistors at the locations of
said openings in said bipolar transistor forming
regions by implanting impurities through at least one
of said plurality of openings.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Komatsu 4,589,936 May 20, 1986
Christenson 4,882,294 Nov. 21, 1989
Shiomi et al. (Shiomi) 5,095,355 Mar. 10, 1992
Claims 1 and 12 rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Shiomi. Claims 1 and 12 also stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Christenson2.
Claims 1 through 16, and 18 through 24 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Christenson in view of
Komatsu.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants and the
examiner, we make reference to the briefs3 and the answer for the
respective details thereof.
2 The examiner has not reproduced this rejection in the examiner’s
answer, however, the examiner responds to the arguments by appellant regarding
this rejection at pages 7 and 8 of the examiner’s answer. Therefore, we
assume that the examiner is still maintaining this rejection as presented in
the final rejection and as responded to by appellant.
3 A reply brief was filed as paper no. 32 on May 25, 2001. The examiner
noted the entry of the reply brief, see paper no. 33.
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