Appeal No. 2004-0607
Application No. 09/792,848
Vss” (answer, page 5). This argument is not well taken because
Momohara’s disclosure regarding the P-well bias voltage is not
influenced in any way by the appellant’s disclosure. Thus, any
inadequacies in the appellant’s disclosure are not capable of
rendering Momohara’s P-well bias potential as being above Vss.
The examiner argues that Momohara’s disclosure that the
P-wells are biased with “low potential power VSS (ground
potential)” means that the P-wells can be biased with a low
positive voltage while Vss is ground potential, and that the
P-well can be biased with ground potential while Vss is a low
negative voltage (answer, pages 8-9). In either of these cases,
the examiner argues, the P-well is biased with a bias potential
above Vss. See id. Even if Momohara’s disclosure that the
P-wells are biased with “low potential power VSS (ground
potential)” means that Vss can be either ground potential or a
low potential other than ground potential, Momohara does not
disclose that the P-well bias voltage can be one of these
potentials while Vss is the other of them. Instead, Momohara
indicates that the P-well is biased with whichever of these
potentials is Vss. Hence, Momohara does not teach that the
P-well bias voltage can be greater than Vss.
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