Ex Parte Voldman - Page 6

                Appeal 2007-1648                                                                                
                Application 10/631,098                                                                          

                                the Examiner finds that Au teaches the claimed circuit                          
                                elements arranged as claimed.  (Answer 3).                                      
                       2. The Examiner finds that Au does not teach that the circuit                            
                                elements are made using SOI technology.  (Answer 3)                             
                       3. Appellant’s arguments do not dispute the Examiner’s                                   
                                findings identified in Fact 1.                                                  
                       4. Au teaches the circuit 40 is a SCR.  (Col. 4, l. 60).                                 
                       5. Au depicts the physical arrangement of the circuit in figure                          
                                4a.                                                                             
                       6. The Examiner finds that Brady teaches that using SOI                                  
                                technology instead of regular silicon technology provides the                   
                                advantages of increased processing speed and lower power                        
                                consumption.  (Answer 3).                                                       
                       7. The Examiner finds that “‘the body that is floating with                              
                                respect to an underlying substrate’ on line 3 of claim 14 is                    
                                met when fabricate the device by using SO1 technology (i.e.,                    
                                the body of Q1, Figure 4b in the above modification is                          
                                floating with respect to an underlying substrate) because the                   
                                body of an SOI MOSFET is floating with respect to an                            
                                underlying substrate.”  (Answer 4).                                             
                       8. The Examiner finds Chen and Chatterjee teach that SCRs can                            
                                be manufactured using SOI technology.  (Answer 9-10).                           
                       9. We find that Chen teaches a SCR made using SOI                                        
                                technology.  (See title, Abstract, col. 4, ll. 8-11).                           



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