Appeal No. 1999-0768 Page 6
Application No. 08/878,136
highlighted portion of Figure 1 of Keiser represents an active
region of the substrate of Keiser that is located between a
narrow and wide trench region after several processing steps
but prior to completion of forming the dielectrically filled
trenches desired by Keiser. See column 3, line 36 through
column 6, line 5 of Keiser. Similarly, the examiner has not
established how the subject matter of appealed claims 18 and
19 is met by Keiser. Accordingly, we will not sustain the
examiner’s stated § 102 rejection.
CONCLUSION
specification and the claimed subject matter as a whole as it
would have been understood by one of ordinary skill in the
art.
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