Appeal No. 94-0166
Application No. 07/815,316
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:
(1) Claims 1 through 5 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable in view of the combined disclosures of Fazan and
Liu; and
(2) Claims 1 through 5 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, as lacking adequate written description for the
limitation “depositing a layer of conformal dielectric, said
layer contacting at least a portion of said gate electrodes”
in the disclosure as originally filed.
We reverse each of the above rejections.
OBVIOUSNESS
Appellants dispute the examiner’s findings that Fazan’s
“polysilicon layer 61 matches the landing pad’s conditions”
(Answer, page 4) defined in the specification (Specification
page 2, lines 10-11) and forms “a landing pad contacting said
substrate” in accordance with the method of claim 1. The
dispositive question is, therefore, whether the prior art relied
upon by the examiner describes or would have suggested “forming
a landing pad contacting said substrate” in accordance with
claim 1. We answer this question in the negative.
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