Appeal No. 1999-1647
Application 08/934,088
wherein said image sensor element and said
driver element have respective active layers made from
the same semiconductor film,
wherein each of said plurality of thin film
transistors includes a semiconductor island having an
upper surface and side surfaces and a gate insulating
film covering said upper surface and side surfaces of
said semiconductor island, and
wherein said gate insulating film of said part
of the plurality of thin film transistor is thicker than
said gate insulating film of said another part of the
plurality of thin film transistor.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Tasch, Jr. et al. (Tasch) 4,409,724 October 18,
1983
Wieder et al. (Wieder) 4,823,180 April 18,
1989
Okamoto et al. (Okamoto) 5,343,066 August
30, 1994
Claims 17-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Wieder and Tasch.
Claims 21-23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Wieder, Tasch, and Okamoto.
We refer to the final rejection (Paper No. 28) (pages
referred to as "FR__") and the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 33) (pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the
Examiner's position, and to the brief (Paper No. 32) (pages
referred to as "Br__") and the reply brief (Paper No. 35)
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