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              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.                                             












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