Appeal No. 1998-0129 Page 13
Application No. 08/438,062
product of the year award to Matsushita, but that Symetrix
Corporation participated in the development of the chip.”
We find that the Araujo Declaration (page 2, paragraph 5)
states that
The claims of the present application are
directed to the method of making the very same chips
that received the Okouchi Award shown in Exhibit A.
The claimed method imparts to the devices the
reduced power dissipation and downsizing that
justified the award. Features of the claims that
impart these improvements include the specific
sequence of layering steps followed by the
deposition of a liquid precursor and a carefully
controlled anneal.
We note that the method of manufacturing the capacitor
incorporating BST is not claimed. Appellants do not claim a
specific sequence of layering steps, nor a carefully
controlled anneal process. Appellants assert (reply brief,
page 11) that the claimed method referred to in the Araujo
Declaration included claim 8 of the related 08/214,401
application. Our review of the claim language provided by
appellants does not reveal any language regarding a carefully
controlled anneal process as stated in the Araujo Declaration.
From the evidence before us, manufacturing process aspects of
the claimed method, other than the steps of claim 8, may have
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