Appeal No. 2002-1046 Application 08/861,831 a completely different problem of providing a high voltage, high frequency metal oxide semiconductor device. We fail to find any reason why one of ordinary skill in the art would have been led to make the modification as proposed by the Examiner to substitute the Cauge high voltage, high frequency metal oxide semiconductor shown in figure 8 for the balance selection transistors 53 shown in figure 29 of Matsumoto. In view of the foregoing, we have not sustained the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1 through 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 103. REVERSED JAMES D. THOMAS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT LEE E. BARRETT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) ) INTERFERENCES ) MICHAEL R. FLEMING ) Administrative Patent Judge ) MRF:pgc 10Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007