Appeal No. 96-4080
Application 08/396,541
common with the edge 234-6 of the element 233.
The independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A CMOS microelectronic device, comprising:
a hexagonal ANY element of a first conductivity type, having a first
input and an output; and
a hexagonal ALL element of a second conductivity type which is opposite
to said first conductivity type, having a first input and an output, in which:
said first inputs of the ANY and ALL elements are electrically
interconnected, and said output of the ANY and ALL elements are electrically
interconnected;
the ANY element has a periphery defined by a hexagon including first
through sixth edges;
the ALL element has a periphery defined by a hexagon including first
through sixth edges; and
one of said first through sixth edges of the ANY element is common with
one of said first through sixth edges of the ALL element.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Huang 5,198,881 Mar. 30, 1993
Bulucea 5,072,266 Dec. 10, 1991
Adel S. Sedra, Microelectronic Circuits, 1982, pp 734 and 801
Claims 1, 3 through 27 and 29 through 52 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Huang,
Bulucea and Sedra.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the brief and answer for the
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