Appeal No. 95-1527 Application No. 07/862,066 Appellant’s Claim 1 is reproduced as follows: 1. A read-out circuit for use with a semiconductor memory device, said read-out circuit comprising: first selecting means for selectively reading at least one datum from a plurality of memory means; first data storing means for storing the data read out by said selecting means; transferring means for transferring the data stored in said first data storing means in synchronism with an external clock signal; second data storing means for storing the data transferred from said transferring means; second selecting means for selectively outputting to an output port the data stored in said second data storing means; and presetting means for presetting the voltage level of the line onto which said first selecting means reads out data. The Examiner’s Answer relies on admitted prior art and the following prior art reference: Lam et al. (Lam) 4,731,758 Mar. 15, 1988 OPINION 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007