Appeal No. 2003-0868 3 Application No. 09/710,101 THE REFERENCES OF RECORD As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon the following references: Williams et al. (Williams) 5,237,193 Aug. 17, 1993 Shekar et al. (Shekar) 5,317,171 May 31, 1994 Mojaradi et al. (Mojaradi) 5,382,826 Jan. 17, 1995 Roth et al. (Roth) 6,153,916 Nov. 28, 2000 Hamza Yilmaz (Yilmaz) “Optimization and Surface Charge Sensitivity of High-Voltage Blocking Structures With Shallow Junctions” IEEE Transactions of Electron Devices, Vol. 38, No. 7, pp. 1666-1674 (July 1991). THE REJECTIONS Claims 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable over Mojaradi in view of Roth. Claims 4 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable over Mojaradi in view of Roth and further in view of Williams. Claims 7 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable over Mojaradi in view of Roth and further in view of Shekar. Claims 6 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable over Mojaradi in view of Roth and further in view of Yilmaz.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007