Appeal No. 97-0168
Application No. 08/348,991
one for each light-detecting region. Also, as appellant
points out (Brief, page 9), the connector of Figure 3 includes
"[s]ix bonding wires extending from p-side electrodes 8 and
the extracting electrode 6" (Specification, page 11) and "each
five light-detecting regions are optically coupled to each
five optical fibers independently" (Specification, page 12).
Thus, all of the elements of Figure 3 match up with the
elements of Figures 1A and 1B and vice versa. In addition,
the portions of element 5 at the edges of Figures 1A and 1B
differ in width from the portions between elements 1. Thus,
the language quoted above together with the drawings
themselves indicates that the device of Figures 1A and 1B is a
complete package, as shown.
The examiner further states (Answer, page 5) that
appellant's arguments attached to the April 1994 amendment
that
"having such an 'exposed PN junction' would 'eliminate the
need for a metal electrode' (6 is Figs. 1A-1B)" are
inconsistent with viewing Figures 1A and 1B as complete
devices, since 1A and 1B include element 6. However, that an
element is no longer necessary does not mean that it cannot or
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