Appeal No. 1997-2294 Page 10
Application No. 08/284,183
have a definite spatial form or location, McClure teaches the
claimed “sense amplifier arrangement for an integrated circuit
memory comprising ... first and second local data write driver
circuits ....”
Nevertheless, each of claims 22-28 also specifies in
pertinent part “[a] sense amplifier arrangement for an
integrated circuit memory comprising: a latch ....” In other
words, each of the claims recites a latch circuit that is part
of a sense amplifier.
The examiner again errs in determining the content of the
prior art. Although he refers to memory cells 30 of McClure,
the memory cells 30 are not part of the reference’s sense
amplifiers as aforementioned regarding the novelty of claims
8, 9, 14-21, 29, 30, 32, 33, and 50. Accordingly, the
examiner fails to show a teaching of the claimed “sense
amplifier arrangement for an integrated circuit memory
comprising: a latch ....” The absence of this showing negates
anticipation. Therefore, we reverse the rejection of claims
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