Appeal No. 95-4174
Application 08/165,553
Claims 14 through 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
112, second paragraph, as failing to particularly point out
and distinctly claim the invention. Claims 14 and 21 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as alternatively anticipated
by either Soejima or Maeda. Claims 14 and 21 also stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Homma.
Claims 14 through 19 also stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
102(b) as anticipated by Schaber. Finally, claims 14 through
21 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Uchida and Homma.
Reference is made to the brief and answer for the
respective positions of appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
Turning first to the rejection of claims 14 through 21
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, we will not sustain
this rejection.
The examiner takes the position that the phrase “a
single-polysilicon layer BiCMOS structure at a semiconductor
surface of a body” is misdescriptive because there are two
4
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007