Ex parte MEYER et al. - Page 11




                 Appeal No. 1997-3668                                                                                                                   
                 Application 08/395,228                                                                                                                 


                 independent claims 1, 10 , 11, 15 and 20.  1                                                                                           
                                   The remaining claims on appeal also contain the                                                                      
                 above limitations discussed in regard to claims 1, 10, 11, 15                                                                          
                 and 20, and thereby, we will not sustain the rejection as to                                                                           
                 these claims.                                                                                                                          
                                  We have not sustained the rejection of claims 1                                                                      
                 through 4, 6 through 18, 20 and 21 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.                                                                              
                 Accordingly, the Examiner's decision is reversed.                                                                                      
                                                                   REVERSED                                                                             







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                          1The language of claim 10 presents some difficulty in                                                                         
                 reading smoothly, thus we might suggest placing the clause                                                                             
                 “essentially only by four diffusion terminals” after                                                                                   
                 “electrically coupled”.                                                                                                                

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