Appeal No. 1997-1038
Application 08/077,926
embodiments with respect to Figures 8 through 10 and the discussion of Figures 8 and 9
beginning at the bottom of specification page 22 as filed through the top of page 23 at
least indicate that metal wiring 25a is commonly connected via a contact hole 26 to a
plurality of integrated circuits. Specification page 23, lines 6 through 8 indicate that the
connection between the metal wiring 25a and the wiring 29a “is in the contact hole 26"
while at the same time a connection of the opposite or other end terminal of the fuse 27 “is
in the contact hole 28" depicted in Figure 9 (emphasis added). A study of the examiner's
expanded views of this issue at page 7 of the answer leads us to conclude that the
examiner appears to have answered his own question. In any event, we fail to see any
ambiguity or indefiniteness in the recitation noted by the examiner with respect to clause
(b) of independent claim 20 on appeal.
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