Appeal No. 1998-2924
Application NO. 08/276,290
of claim 9 as obvious over the prior art. Claims 6 and 10
depend from claims 5 and 9, respectively, and the rejection of
these claims are likewise reversed.
Considering now independent claim 14, Appellants argue
that Sagara does not show a LOCOS field oxide having a bird's
peak, and additionally does not disclose or suggest the
spacing requirement of claim 14. Brief page 36. Appellants
further argue that Tanabe also fails to show a LOCOS field
oxide. The Examiner responds that Sagara illustrates the
field oxide limitation at region 7 of figures 2-8, at region
24 of figures 13-16 and at region 49 of figure 18. Examiner's
Answer, page 4. The Examiner points to Sagara's illustration
of the field oxide region 49 in Figure 18 and equates the
corner edge to a bird's beak (". . . in which the corner edge
or bird's beak is spaced apart from emitter region . . .”).
Examiner's Answer, pages 4-5.
Claim 14 recites:
14. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor architecture
comprising the steps of:
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