Appeal No. 1998-3043 Application 08/667,587 structural elements clock, container, and switch, all of which are defined at least in part by what they do. It is inappropriate for the examiner to disregard the claimed isolation function of the appellants’ structural element “field-shield isolation structure.” The cases cited by the 9Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007