Appeal 2007-1711
Application 10/657,898
said grid of supply interconnects of said first one of said plurality of voltage
supply structures being rotated relative to said grid of supply interconnects
of said second one of said plurality of voltage supply structures.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the Examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims are:
Mori US 5,949,098 Sep. 07, 1999
Yonesaka US 6,696,712 B1 Feb. 24, 2004
(filed Aug. 21, 2000)
Chua US 6,825,553 B2 Nov. 30, 2004
(filed Sep. 05, 3003)
Claims 1 through 3 and 6 through 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Mori in view of Yonesaka.
Claims 11 through 13, 16, and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Mori in view of Yonesaka and Chua.
We refer to the Examiner's Answer (mailed May 15, 2006) and to
Appellants' Brief (filed March 3, 2006) for the respective arguments.
SUMMARY OF DECISION
As a consequence of our review, we will sustain the obviousness
rejections of claims 1 through 3, 6 through 13, 16, and 17.
OPINION
Appellants contend (Br. 9 and 10) that Mori fails to show the grid of
supply interconnects of a first one of the voltage supply structures being
rotated relative to the grid of supply interconnects of a second one of the
voltage supply structures. Appellants further contend (Br. 9 and 10) that
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