Appeal No. 95-4622
Application 08/113,665
appears to indicate that both laminate layers of the bit line 12
have the plural narrow portions as explained earlier of
independent claim 46 on appeal, these teachings clearly meet the
limitation of a claim that one of the recited plural layers has
such a region.
Inasmuch as the features of the dependent claims 47 through
49 are not argued by appellant and are met within the ambit of
the collective teachings of the three references relied upon, we
note particularly Amazawa’s teaching with regard to the size of
the narrow portions being less than 0.5 micrometers.
NEW REJECTION UNDER 37 CFR § 1.196(b)
Inasmuch as we have reversed the outstanding rejection of
claim 23 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 in light of Sliwa alone, and the
examiner has withdrawn the rejection of this claim in the answer
upon the combination of Okuyama in view of Kumagai and Amazawa
within 35 U.S.C. § 103, we hereby reinstate this rejection as it
applies to claim 23 essentially for the reasons set forth with
respect to our analysis of claim 46. Here, in the context of
Okuyama’s teachings there is clearly a laminate structure of
plural layers of the type set forth at the end of claim 23 on
appeal. Additionally, the feature of claim 23 of the recessed
portions being located at spaced apart predetermined length
7
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007