Appeal No. 1997-2294 Page 6
Application No. 08/284,183
32, 33, and 50; the novelty of claims 22-28; and the novelty
of claims 40-49.
Novelty of Claims 8, 9, 14-21, 29, 30, 32, 33, and 50
Regarding claims 8, 9, 14-21, 29, 30, 32, 33, and 50,
the examiner asserts, “McClure shows all the limitations of
the claimed sense amplifier arrangement in Figs. 1-10
(especially
figs. 4-5), comprising a latch circuit 30 ....” (Examiner’s
Answer at 3.) The appellant replies, “Memory cells 30 are
undeniably the memory storage part of the claimed integrated
circuit memory. They are not any part of a ‘sense amplifier,’
and no one of skill in the art would ever consider otherwise.”
(Reply Br. at 7.) We agree with the appellant.
Each of claims 8, 9, 14-21, 29, 30, 32, 33, and 50
specifies in pertinent part “[a] sense amplifier arrangement
for an integrated circuit memory comprising: a latch circuit
....” In other words, each of the claims recites a latch
circuit that is part of a sense amplifier.
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