The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte RANADEEP DUTTA ____________ Appeal No. 1999-2838 Application No. 08/812,848 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before RUGGIERO, DIXON, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-14, which are all of the claims pending in the present application. An amendment after final rejection filed November 10, 1998, which amended claims 1 and 2, was approved for entry by the Examiner. The claimed invention relates to a structure for terminating the active area of a high voltage semiconductor device. More particularly, the termination structure includes aPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007