Ex Parte MIU et al - Page 2




                Appeal No. 2002-0388                                                                             Page 2                  
                Application No. 08/937,859                                                                                               


                                               THE CLAIMED SUBJECT MATTER                                                                
                        Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal:                                                         
                        1.      A pressure sensor comprising:                                                                            
                                a semiconductor frame having an opening;                                                                 
                                a flexible membrane which extends over the semiconductor frame and over the                              
                        opening of the semiconductor frame; and                                                                          
                                a first strain gage resistor formed over a portion of the membrane which extends                         
                        over the opening of the semiconductor frame.                                                                     

                                                          THE EVIDENCE                                                                   
                        As evidence of unpatentability, the Examiner relies upon the following prior art                                 
                references:                                                                                                              
                Rud, Jr et al. (Rud)4,777,826Oct. 18, 1988                                                                               
                Kurtz et al. (Kurtz)                    5,891,751                       Apr.  6, 1999                                    
                                                                                (filed Sep.   9, 1996)                                   


                                                         THE REJECTION                                                                   
                        Claims 1-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the                               
                combination of Rud, Kurtz, and Kotaki (Answer at pp. 3-4).                                                               













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