Appeal No. 97-1048
Application No. 08/120,998
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. A high-energy pulse protection apparatus for
protecting an integrated circuit from an externally created
high-energy pulse, the protection apparatus comprising:
an integrated circuit substrate region associated with
the integrated circuit, said integrated circuit substrate
region comprising a first conductive substrate;
a protection circuit substrate region being disassociated
from said integrated circuit substrate region while being
connected in common with said integrated circuit substrate
region to electrical ground, said protection circuit substrate
region comprising a second conductive substrate;
a primary protection circuit associated with said
protection circuit substrate region and having at least one
connection with the integrated circuit for receiving a high-
energy pulse and dissipating the high-energy pulse through
said at least one connection and through said protection
circuit substrate region to said electrical ground for
protecting the integrated circuit from the high-energy pulse.
The references relied on by the examiner are:2
Schott et al. (Schott) 3,876,926 Apr. 8,
1975
Davies et al. (Davies) 5,008,736 Apr. 16,
1991
2Although the reference to Mistry (U.S. Patent No.
5,021,853) is listed in the prior art of record (Answer, page
3), it is not discussed in the formal statement of the
rejection (final rejection, pages 3 through 5).
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