Ex Parte Butaye et al - Page 4



        Appeal No. 2006-3351                                            
        Application No. 10/011,882                                      

            isolation trenches and arranged so that two                 
            transverses included in two adjacent series are not         
            in each other’s line of extension.                          
                               References                               
        The references relied on by the Examiner are as                 
        follows:                                                        
        Shibuya    4,247,952  Jan. 27, 1981                             
        Akram    6,306,727  Oct. 23, 2001                               
        Johansson et al  WO97/45873  Dec. 04, 1997                      
        (Johansson)                                                     
        Yue et al (Yue)  WO98/50956  Nov. 12, 1998                      
                          Rejections At Issue                           
            Claims 1, 2 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.            
        § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Johansson in view           
        of Akram, as set forth in Final Office Action mailed on         
        July 8, 2005.                                                   
            Claims 3 to 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                
        § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Johansson in view           
        of Akram as applied to claim 1 above, and further in            






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