Appeal No. 1996-1616
Application No. 08/158,673
modification, it is unclear to us how Blanchard can continue
to disclose common doping profiles after the modification if
the whole transistor is different. Accordingly, we will not
sustain the rejection of claim 8.
CONCLUSION
In summary, the decision of the examiner rejecting claim
6 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph is reversed. The
decision of the examiner rejecting claim 1 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) and claims 2 through 4, 7, and 9 under 35 U.S.C. §
103 is affirmed. The decision of the examiner rejecting
claims 5 and 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
The examiner's decision is affirmed-in-part.
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