Appeal No. 1997-1696
Application 08/180,770
applying to said third region a second power source potential higher than the first power source
potential thereby preventing an injection of carriers generated at a junction between said first region and
the first current terminal region of said first input field effect transistor into the first current terminal
region of said second input field effect transistor.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Suzuki et al. (Suzuki) 4,233,672 Nov. 11, 1980
Admitted prior art Figures 1 and 2
Claims 20 through 28, 30 through 34, 36 through 43 and 45 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Suzuki in view of Appellants' prior art figures 1 and 2.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the Examiner, reference is made to the
brief and answer for the respective details thereof.2
OPINION
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 20 through 28, 30 through 34, 36 through 43 and 45
under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
The Examiner has failed to set forth a prima facie case. It is the burden of the Examiner to
establish why one having ordinary skill in the art would have been led to the claimed invention by the
express teachings or suggestions found in the prior art, or by implications contained in such teachings or
2Appellants filed an appeal brief on August 7, 1996. Appellants filed a reply brief on
December 17, 1996. The Examiner mailed a communication on February 13, 1997 denying entry of
the reply brief. Therefore, the reply brief is not properly before us for our consideration.
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