Appeal No. 2000-1608
Application 08/953,998
calculating tracks of sputtered particles using the values
determined from the third and fourth steps (fifth step).
While Yamada discloses a continuous vertical distribution
function in Fig. 5, there is no description that it was obtained
using the method in the second step of claim 1 ("dividing a
range ..."). There is no description of using the vertical
distribution function to determine values of the vertical angle 2
as recited in the third step. It is clear that the ejection
angles used in the MC method in Yamada are calculated using MD
techniques (p. 4.5.2), which the Examiner appears to recognize
(EA11), not from the vertical distribution function using uniform
random numbers. Further, there is no description of determining
the value of a horizontal angle N likely to emerge in a random
process of a particle ejection as recited in the fourth step.
Again, it is clear that the ejection angles used in the MC method
are calculated using MD techniques and are not based on the
assumption that the values of the horizontal angle N emerge in an
equal probability which can be designated by uniform random
numbers. Because Yamada does not disclose the second, third, or
fourth steps, it manifestly does not disclose the fifth step
which relies on the third and fourth steps. Accordingly, the
Examiner's finding of anticipation is clearly erroneous. The
rejection of claims 1-6 under § 102(a) is reversed.
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