Ex parte COOPER - Page 3




          Appeal No. 95-3538                                                          
          Application 08/108,356                                                      

                                    The Invention                                     
               The claimed invention is directed to a quasi-complementary             
          BiCMOS circuit having a pull down bipolar transistor and a method           
          for providing a quasi-complementary BiCMOS circuit having a pull            
          down bipolar transistor.                                                    
               The three independent claims 1, 9 and 17 are reproduced                
          below:                                                                      
               1. A device, comprising:                                               
               a quasi-complementary BiCMOS circuit having a pull down                
          bipolar transistor; and                                                     
               a means for removing shallow saturation charge stored in the           
          pull down transistor's base-collector, said means not utilizing a           
          feedback inverter.                                                          
               9. A device, comprising:                                               
               a quasi-complementary BiCMOS circuit having a pull down                
          bipolar transistor; and                                                     
               a pull down transistor clamp connected to said pull down               
          transistor, said clamp not utilizing a feedback circuit.                    
               17. A method, comprising:                                              
               providing a quasi-complementary BiCMOS circuit having a pull           
          down bipolar transistor; and                                                
               providing a means for removing shallow saturation charge               
          stored in the pull down transistor's base-collector, said means             
          not utilizing a feedback inverter.                                          
                                       Opinion                                        



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