Appeal No. 2002-1046
Application 08/861,831
assure that the requisite findings are made, based on evidence of
record, but must also explain the reasoning by which the findings
are deemed to support the agency’s conclusion.” In re Lee, 277
F.3d 1338, 1344, 61 USPQ2d 1430, 1434 (Fed. Cir. 2002). With
these principles in mind, we commence review of the pertinent
evidence and arguments of Appellant and Examiner.
Appellant argues that the Examiner has failed to provide any
evidence to support why one of ordinary skill in the art would
modify Akimoto with the teachings of Cauge to use the gate type
structure in Akimoto’s solid-state imaging device. See pages 7
and 8 of the brief. Appellant points out that independent claim
1 requires horizonal switches disposed at every plurality of
signal lines, each of the horizontal switches being composed of
an insulating gate type FET having first and second main
electrodes, the first main electrode being connected to the
vertical signal lines and being formed from first and second
drain regions located at opposite sides of the source region of
the FET, the FET further having a channel formed in first and
second channel directions between the first and second main
electrodes, the first channel direction being between the source
region and the first drain region, the second channel direction
being between the source region and the second drain region, and
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