Appeal No. 1999-2578
Application No. 08/811,363
the deep body region along said elongated edges of the window so as not to
extend under the insulated gate layer.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Korman et al. [Korman] 5,119.153 Jun 02, 1992
Claims 19-34 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as relying on
an inadequate written description. In particular, the examiner contends that there is no
written description, i.e. no support in the originally filed disclosure, for “so as not to extend
under the insulated gate layer” in claim 19, and for “not under the gate electrode structure”
in claim 28.
Claims 19-34 stand further rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over
Korman.
Reference is made to the brief and the answer for the respective positions of
appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
In accordance with appellants’ grouping of the claims, at page 7 of the brief, all
claims will stand or fall together.
We turn our attention first to the rejection of all the claims under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, first paragraph. It is the examiner’s position that in accordance with instant Figure 5
and page 8 of the specification, source regions are formed by dopants
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