Appeal No. 96-0471
Application 07/995,582
extends to the sidewalls [of the deep trench]" (claim 1) and
"the first polarity region extends to the sidewalls [of the
deep trench]" (claim 11). Although the Board does not
normally decide objections, because the objection to the
amended drawings is related to the written description
rejection, we note our finding that the specification
describes a modification of prior art figure 1, which shows a
straight line between the P+ base region and the N collector
region. The addition of a buffer region would not change this
straight line. Therefore, the examiner's objection to the
drawings on the basis that the specification does not teach
that the boundary between the base region (claim 1) or the
first polarity region (claim 11) and the buffer region is a
straight line is in error. The § 112, first paragraph,
rejection of claims 1, 4-11, and 14-20 is reversed.
35 U.S.C. § 103
The examiner relies on figures 1a to 1c of Tasch. In
figure 1a: the claimed "base region" is read on N+ region 21;
the claimed "collector region" is read on the raised portion
of the P type substrate 10 underneath the N+ region; and the
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