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                Appeal 2007-1648                                                                                
                Application 10/631,098                                                                          

                                                INVENTION                                                       
                       The invention is directed to a circuit which modulates the body                          
                potential of a silicon over insulator (SOI) metal oxide silicon field effect                    
                transistor MOSFET to provide robust Electrostatic Discharge protection                          
                (ESD).  (See pages 3 and 4 of Appellant’s Specification).  Claim 14 is                          
                representative of the invention and reproduced below:                                           
                             14. A silicon over insulator (SOI) metal oxide silicon field                       
                       effect transistor (MOSFET) device comprising:                                            
                             a body that is floating with respect to an underlying substrate;                   
                             a gate opposite said body;                                                         
                             an RC discriminator comprising a resistor and a capacitor,                         
                       wherein said RC discriminator is connected to said gate at a point of                    
                       said RC discriminator between said resistor and said capacitor; and                      
                             a circuit control network connected to said body, said circuit                     
                       control network modulating a potential voltage of said body to                           
                       provide electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection.                                        
                                               REFERENCES                                                       
                       The references relied upon by the Examiner are:                                          
                             Sasaki US 5,039,873  Aug. 13, 1991                                                 
                             Brady  US 5,314,841  May 24, 1994                                                  
                             Au  US 5,528,188  Jun. 18, 1996                                                    
                             Ker  US 5,631,793  May 20, 1997                                                    
                             Chatterjee US 6,015,992  Jan. 18, 2000                                             
                                                                     (filed Dec. 30, 1997)                      
                             Chen  US 6,242,763 B1  Jun. 5, 2001                                                
                                                                     (filed Sep. 14, 1999)                      

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