Ex parte KAWASAKI et al. - Page 9




          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                                                                       



























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