Appeal No. 96-1191
Application 08/344,624
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-11, which constitute
all the claims in the application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a semiconductor
integrated circuit chip having an input terminal and an output
terminal connected to an oscillator. More particularly, the
invention is directed to the manner in which a ground terminal
is connected with respect to the input and output terminals.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A semiconductor integrated circuit with a
semiconductor chip fixed on a metallic plate of ground
potential and sealed in a package, which has an output
terminal and an input terminal connected to an oscillator,
said package comprising:
a ground potential terminal provided between said
oscillator input and output terminals and extending from the
metallic plate, wherein said oscillator input and output
terminals do not extend from the metallic plate.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Kadowaki 5,057,805 Oct. 15, 1991
Claims 1-11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
anticipated by, or in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as obvious over Kadowaki.
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