Appeal No. 2005-0713
Application No. 10/153,719 Page 6
which correspond to the claimed adjustment capacitors, interposed
between the high frequency generator (1) and the radio frequency
powered electrode (7), one terminal of each of the adjustment
capacitors (9, 13) being electrically connected with one terminal
of the capacitor (14).
The appellant argues (brief, page 6) Gesche does not teach “a
minimum of two adjustment capacitors . . . [where] one terminal of
each of the adjustment capacitors [is] electrically connected with
one terminal of the decoupling capacitor” as required by claim 1.
Appellant argues that in Figure 1 of Gesche, the adjustment
capacitor (9) cannot be electrically connected to the decoupling
capacitor (14) because the decoupling capacitor (11) effectively
decouples the adjustment capacitor (9). We disagree.
In the instant case, Gesche clearly teaches in Figure 1 that
the adjustment capacitors (9, 13) are electrically connected to
the decoupling capacitor (14). Merely because Gesche teaches
(col. 2, ll. 45-68) a second decoupling capacitor (11) is
interposed between the first decoupling capacitor (14) and the
adjustment capacitor (9) does not negate the fact that the first
decoupling capacitor (14) is capable of being electrically
connected to variable capacitors (9).
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