Appeal No. 2000-1608 Application 08/953,998 calculating tracks of sputtered particles using the values determined from the third and fourth steps (fifth step). While Yamada discloses a continuous vertical distribution function in Fig. 5, there is no description that it was obtained using the method in the second step of claim 1 ("dividing a range ..."). There is no description of using the vertical distribution function to determine values of the vertical angle 2 as recited in the third step. It is clear that the ejection angles used in the MC method in Yamada are calculated using MD techniques (p. 4.5.2), which the Examiner appears to recognize (EA11), not from the vertical distribution function using uniform random numbers. Further, there is no description of determining the value of a horizontal angle N likely to emerge in a random process of a particle ejection as recited in the fourth step. Again, it is clear that the ejection angles used in the MC method are calculated using MD techniques and are not based on the assumption that the values of the horizontal angle N emerge in an equal probability which can be designated by uniform random numbers. Because Yamada does not disclose the second, third, or fourth steps, it manifestly does not disclose the fifth step which relies on the third and fourth steps. Accordingly, the Examiner's finding of anticipation is clearly erroneous. The rejection of claims 1-6 under § 102(a) is reversed. - 11 -Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007