Appeal 2007-2532
Application 10/608,791
9. Figure 9 and embodiments 926 and 928 are described in the
specification at 10:21 through 11:8.
10. The circles in 926 are said to illustrate inhibitors to the dopants dots
and to result in a high resistance polymer layer. (Specification at 10:23–27.)
11. In 928, the circles are said to have migrated out of the polymer layer
in response to some stimulus, removing the inhibition to the dopant dots and
thereby permitting the layer to be conductive. (Specification at 10:27
to 11:1.)4
of this Decision on the USPTO website pursuant to the Freedom of
Information Act. It is not part of the Decision.
4 It is not clear to us how the "adjacent layer" memories covered specifically
by, for example, claims 7, 8, 12, 17, and 19, work in a device that must
change the resistance, as required by claims 2 or 14, from which the cited
claims depend. It seems that the adjacent layer is not necessarily a high
conductance layer, perhaps especially when an inhibiting substance migrates
into it. As the Examiner has not raised the issue, we decline to do so here, as
there may be a simple explanation. At any rate, the issue may be pursued, in
the event of further prosecution, if either the Examiner or applicants see fit
to do so.
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