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. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007