Appeal No. 2000-1483
Application No. 08/851,608
Ueda or Jambotkar performs such a function, and it cannot be said
that this function is inherent, because it only comes about
through a specific combination of depths, we will not sustain the
rejection of claim 30 under 35 U.S.C. § 103, or of claim 31 which
depends therefrom (since Yamabe does not provide for the
deficiencies of the other references).
Similarly, independent claims 32, 46, 52 and 54, as well as
the claims dependent thereon, contain equivalent limitations
regarding recitations of various spatial relationships between
depths and distances and how such relationships result in
junction breakdown, or avalanche breakdown occurring away from
the trench and how there is a reverse bias around the breakdown
voltage (claim 52). Since this is not inherent in the structure
of the references, and certainly not explicitly suggested
therein, we will not sustain the rejection of any of these claims
under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
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