Appeal No. 2006-1797 Application No. 09/866,319 sufficiently narrow to avoid lowering collector-base breakdown voltage and a dopant concentration sufficiently high to restrict base widening when a base-emitter junction is forwarded(sic)biased; (c) forming a base; and (d) forming an emitter. References The Examiner relies on the following references: Rodgers 3,924,265 Dec. 02, 1975 Wen et al. (Wen) 5,252,841 Oct. 12, 1993 Ohmi et al. (Ohmi) 5,541,444 Jul. 30, 1996 Sato 6,020,245 Feb. 01, 2000 (filed Nov. 10, 1997) Marty et al. (Marty) 6,316,818 Nov. 13, 2001 (filed Jun. 01, 1999) Akatsu et al. (Akatsu) 6,329,704 Dec. 11, 2001 (filed Dec. 09, 1999) Trivedi et al. (Trivedi) 6,410,984 Jun. 25, 2002 (filed Nov. 08, 1999) Botula et al. (Botula) 6,429,489 Aug. 06, 2002 (filed May 18, 2001) Ju 6,476,446 Nov. 05, 2002 (filed Jan. 03, 2000) Rejections At Issue A. Claims 4, 6, 8, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 23-25, 28, 30, 32, 34- 36, 39-41, 43 and 45 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by Marty. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007