Appeal No. 2006-3351
Application No. 10/011,882
Appellants argue that in Johansson “a first set of
identical trenches is formed; and that a second set of
identical trenches is formed, with the first and second
sets of trenches are perpendicular” (Reply Brief, pages
5 to 7).
Thus the reference discloses that the trenches
of the first set are identical to one another and
that the trenches of the second set of trenches are
identical to one another. However, the reference
is silent on whether the trenches of the first set
of trenches are identical to the trenches of the
second set of trenches; and most notably the
reference is silent on the relative depth of the
respective trenches of the first and second sets of
trenches.
Thus, Appellants assert, the reference does not
disclose “the featured plurality of series of isolation
transverses [that] have a depth that is close to that
of the isolation trenches” (Appellants’ Brief, Page 8,
bottom).
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