Appeal No. 94-3022
Application 07/855,490
7. [Brief, page 7.] We agree with the Examiner’s finding that
land 5 (in addition to the electrode 12) acts as a conductor for
trapping charges.
Agusta discloses that electrode 12 acts as a trapping
electrode (column 3, lines 5 through 71). Elements 5, 6, and 7
are disclosed as lands or conductive means of the type
conventionally used in the manufacture of integrated circuits
(column 2, lines 49 through 54). Agusta states (column 2, lines
55 through 71) that lands 5, 6, and 7 are adapted to receive
operating potentials through terminal means 9, 10, and 11 and
that the trapping plate is not restricted to a single level.
Figure 1 shows electrode 12 electrically connected to land 5 via
terminal 9. Accordingly, both electrode 12 and land 5 function
as trapping electrodes.
With respect to the limitation that the passivation layer is
“partially broken up along a length”, Appellant argues that
contact pad 9 cannot reasonably be interpreted as breaking up the
passivation layer 8 along a length. [Brief, page 7.] The
Examiner argues that “Applicant did not specify any critical
length nor did applicant further define partially broken up above
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