Appeal No. 96-1075
Application 08/041,737
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 8) (pages
referred to as "FR__") and the Examiner's Answer (Paper
No. 19) (pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the
Examiner's position and to the Appeal Brief (Paper No. 18)
(pages referred to as "Br__") and the Reply Brief (Paper
No. 20) pages referred to a "RBr__") for a statement of
Appellants' arguments.
OPINION
Grouping of claims
Because we reverse the rejections, there is no need to
straighten out the Examiner's grouping of the claims.
Claim interpretation
Although the outcome of the appeal does not depend on
claim interpretation, there are several matters of claim
interpretation which merit discussion.
First, we agree with Appellants' arguments (Br16-20)
that the Examiner erred in stating (at FR7) that the
limitations of "resistant to diffusion of dopants and
traps," "for preserving the semiconducting properties of
said semiconductor region during formation of said
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