Appeal No. 1999-1631
Application 08/733,586
horizontal direction is defined by a line connecting the gates
of transistors Q and Q . Appellant argues that reading the2 4
term "horizontally aligned" on such a line is contrary to the
paragraph bridging pages 1 and 2 of the specification. To the
extent appellant means that the term "horizontal" must be read
as limited to the left-right direction in Harari's Figure 4,
we do not agree. However, to the extent appellant is arguing
that the "horizontal" direction is limited to one or the other
of the orthogonal directions defined by the edges of the
features shown in Figure 4, we agree. Because a line
connecting the gates of transistors Q and Q would have an2 4
angle of about forty-five degrees relative to those orthogonal
directions, we hold that those transistors are not
horizontally aligned.
Consequently, we are reversing the § 102 rejection of
claim 10 and thus of its dependent claims 11-13 and 15.
H. Summary
Summarizing, the § 112, ¶ 1 rejection of claim 6 is
reversed; the § 112, ¶ 2 rejection of claims 2, 6, 7, and 14
is affirmed; and the § 102 rejection is affirmed as to claims
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