Appeal No. 97-3299
Application 08/481,900
Our study of the corresponding portions of the disclosed
invention in the written description portion of the speci-
fication, as well as the figures, lead us to conclude our
agreement with appellant’s position set forth at page 3 of the
brief on appeal that the formation of a layer of semiconductor
material “on” a first insulating layer as recited in clause
(d) of claim 26 on appeal is supported from an artisan’s
perspective in the specification as filed. The examiner’s
arguments in the answer appear to be divorced from a
consideration of the disclosed invention in the specification
and figures. Although the conventional dictionary meaning of
the word “on” may in some context mean in contact with, the
general meaning also includes a relative position with respect
to something such as on top of or over or covering. As
indicated by appellant at page 3 of the brief, the feature as
recited in dependent claim 28 indicates that there is an
intermediate layer between the semiconductor layer and the
first insulating layer, which feature is consistent with
figure 4(d) as disclosed. The term “on” in independent claim
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