Appeal No. 2005-2530 Application No. 10/612,129 using a preactivated polymer adhesive layer in a variety of different semiconductor chip scale (SCS) packages. Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows: 1. A semiconductor device comprising: an integrated circuit chip having an active and a passive surface, said active surface including a protective polymer layer having been preactivated to impart adhesiveness, and at least one bonding pad; an electrically insulating substrate having first and second surfaces; a plurality of electrically conductive routing strips integral with said substrate; a plurality of contact pads disposed on said first surface of said substrate, at least one of said contact pads electrically connected with at least one of said routing strips; said second surface of said substrate being directly attached to said preactivated polymer layer; and bonding wires electrically connecting said at least one bonding pad to at least one of said contact pads. The prior art references of record relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are: U.S. Patents Lupinski et al. (Lupinski) 5,300,812 Apr. 5, 1994 Lee et al. (Lee) 6,013,946 Jan. 11, 2000 (filed Mar. 31, 1997) Japanese Published Application Hiroshi 06-029454 Feb. 4, 1994 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007