Appeal No. 2000-0721 Page 14
Reissue Application No. 08/628,287
specification, one skilled in the art would understand that
the claimed electrically conductive storage fills grooved
striations of the claimed contact opening. We demand no more.
Second the examiner alleges, "in claims 53, 57, 61, 66-
68, 72, 76 and 80, the scope of 'partial' striations relative
to what is unclear." (Examiner's Answer at 5.) The
appellants argue, "[t]he only the claimed element having
partial striations is the 'electrically conductive layer
provided over the dielectric layer ... including partial
striations' which is illustrated with striations in drawing
FIG. 13 as the layer 66 which only has striations partially
translated into the outer surfaces thereof due to the
increasing thickness and corresponding smoothing effect by
subsequent layers." (Reply Br. at 14.)
Claims 53-64, 66, and 68-83 each specifies in pertinent
part the following limitations: "dielectric layer including
striations; and an electrically conductive layer provided over
the dielectric layer, the surface of the electrically
conductive layer including partial striations." Similarly,
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