Appeal No. 94-3910
Application No. 07/966,615
below" [specification, page 15, lines 16-20] (emphasis added).
Later, the specification states:
As discussed above, the present
invention additionally contemplates an
embodiment which uses conductive
regions immediately overlying N++
regions 7, 8, and 9. . . . Figures 5A
through 5F illustrate a procedure
which a preferred embodiment utilizes
to form these conductive regions,
which consist of buried silicide
layers [Id. at 17, lines 11-18]
(emphasis added).
Thus, the specification clearly teaches the use of conductors
16, 17 and 18 with the embodiment shown in Figures 5A-5F.
Therefore, the originally filed disclosure supports the
invention of claim 28. Accordingly, we reverse this
rejection of claim 28.
The rejection of Claims 21-28 under 35 U.S.C. § 112
Claims 21-28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to
particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter
which appellants regard as the invention. We reverse this
rejection.
The rejection of claims 21-28 under § 112 is based on
the examiner’s misunderstanding of the use of the phrase
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