Appeal No. 97-0168
Application No. 08/348,991
(particularly Figures 1A and 1B taken with Figure 3) would
lead one of ordinary skill in the art to conclude that the
sides of Figures 1A and 1B are actually the edges of the
device.
Figure 3 clearly is shown as a complete device, as it is
depicted with a particular shape rather than merely as a
rectangular block. As pointed out by appellant (Brief, page
8), the description of Figure 3 (Specification, page 11)
indicates
that it is "an optical connector which incorporates the light-
receiving device shown in Figs. 1A and 1B" (underlining by
appellant). Appellant concludes from this language that the
connector "is obviously configured to incorporate an entire
photo diode and not a partial diode." We agree that the
language does imply that the device of Figures 1A and 1B is a
complete device.
Further, appellant specifies (Specification, page 9) that
in Figures 1A and 1B, "five light-detecting regions are formed
in a line." Figure 1A also shows that there are five
electrodes 8,
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