Appeal No. 1997-1641
Application 08/352,143
1. A semiconductor device comprising:
first charge pump means for generating a first voltage of a
first polarity,
voltage generation means for generating a second voltage of a
second polarity differing from said first polarity,
first voltage-dividing means for generating a third voltage
of said second polarity by voltage-division from said first and
second voltages, and
first control means for controlling an operation of said
first charge pump means in response to a level of said third
voltage.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Cordoba et al. (Cordoba) 5,347,172 Sep. 13,
1994
Watsuji et al. (Watsuji) 5,432,738 Jul. 11,
1995
(filed Jan. 27,
1994)
Claims 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 12 and 13 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 102(e) as being anticipated by Cordoba.
Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
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unpatentable over Cordoba .
The respective positions of the examiner and the appellants
with regard to the propriety of these rejections are set forth in
2Although Watsuji is referred to by the examiner in his explanation for the rejection of
dependent claim 5, Watsuji is not included in the formal statement of the rejection of the
claim.
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