Appeal No. 96-1844
Application No. 08/125,396
Claims 1 through 15 and 21 through 26 all require "a
first protection element . . . and a second protection element
formed in said semiconductor body." Claims 19, 20, and 29
through 33 include the same limitation, but with the phrase
"protecting element" in 19 and 20 and "protection circuit
element" in 29
through 33 instead of "protection element." The examiner
asserts
(Answer, page 3) that "Fujita teaches the entire structure of
Appellant's [sic] claimed semiconductor device excluding
portions drawn to separate power supplies for different
wells." In other words, the examiner contends that Fujita
includes first and second protection elements. Appellants
respond (Brief, page 13) that "the combination of Fujita and
Jarrett does not teach or suggest a first protection element
and a second protection element" and that "[b]oth Fujita and
Jarrett are totally silent concerning these features." We
find no such elements in Fujita nor in Jarrett. Furthermore,
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