Appeal No. 2003-1495
Application No. 09/591,968
Claim 31 is the only independent claim on appeal, and it
reads as follows:
31. A memory cell comprising:
a substrate;
a select gate on the substrate, the select gate having an
edge;
a floating gate on the substrate spaced from the select
gate, the floating gate having an edge; and
an implanted region aligned with the edges of the select and
floating gates, said implanted region being implanted with a
species at a dose that is less than 2X1012 atoms per square
centimeter.
The reference relied on by the examiner is:
Chang et al. (Chang) 5,471,422 Nov. 28, 1995
Claims 31 through 36 and 38 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Chang. In the alternative,
claims 31 through 36 and 38 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Chang.
Reference is made to the brief (paper number 22) and the
answer (paper number 23) for the respective positions of the
appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us,
and we will reverse the anticipation and obviousness rejections
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