The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte THOMAS HERMAN _____________ Appeal No. 2005-0328 Application No. 09/723,655 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before HAIRSTON, RUGGIERO and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges. NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 of the final rejection of claims 9 through 14, 21 and 22 Invention The invention relates to a method of making a MOS gated device. The method makes use of polysilicon stripes to define a mask for the formation of three sequential regions, the first being a base diffusion, the second being a source diffusion and the third being a higher concentration base region which underlies the first base and does not invade the invertible channel formed by the first base and source. See page 4 of appellant’s specification. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007