Ex parte BALISTRERI et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 97-0614                                                          
          Application No. 08/212,465                                                  


                    9.  A random access memory comprising:                            
                    plural memory planes, each memory plane including:                
                    N memory arrays;                                                  
                    N serial registers, each serial register coupled to a             
          memory array;                                                               
                    N block write control circuits, each block write control          
          circuit coupled to a memory array;                                          
                    the random access memory further comprising:                      
                    a row address decoder, coupled to at least one of the             
          memory arrays;                                                              
                    a column address decoder arranged for both block                  
          decoding and individual column decoding, the column address                 
          decoder being coupled to at least one of the memory arrays;                 
                    an address bus connecting with all of the memory arrays;          
                    a data bus connecting with all of the memory arrays; and          
                    the plural memory planes, the address bus, and the data           
          bus are all fabricated on a single semiconductor substrate.                 

                    The reference relied upon by the examiner as evidence of          
          obviousness is:                                                             
          Pinkham et al. (Pinkham)       4,807,189                Feb. 21,            
          1989                                                                        
                    The appealed claims stand rejected as under 35 U.S.C. §           
          102(b) as being anticipated by Pinkham.                                     

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