Ex parte BROWN et al. - Page 4




                 Appeal No. 1997-3441                                                                                                                   
                 Application No. 08/614,920                                                                                                             


                          The Examiner relies on the following prior art:                                                                               
                 Kurtz et al. (Kurtz)                                  5,165,283                                    Nov. 24,                            
                 1992                                                                                                                                   
                 Takasu                                                5,326,991                                    Jul. 05,                            
                 1994                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                         (Filed Dec. 10, 1991)                                          
                 Fang et al. (Fang)               1                             2,756,915                                    Jul.                       
                 08, 1978                                                                                                                               
                 (German Patent Publication)                                                                                                            
                 Ito (Japanese Kokai)                1                 2-7474                                       Jan. 11,                            
                 1990                                                                                                                                   
                 Adel S. Sedra et al. (Sedra), “Appendix A” in Microelectronic                                                                          
                 Circuits, 796 (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982).                                                                                      
                          Claims 1-15 and 31 stand finally rejected as being based on                                                                   
                 an inadequate disclosure under the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C.                                                                        
                 § 112.  Claims 1-15, 29, and 31 stand finally rejected under 35                                                                        
                 U.S.C.                                                                                                                                 
                 § 103 as being unpatentable over Ito, Fang, Sedra, Takasu, and                                                                         
                 Kurtz, all considered together.                                                                                                        







                          1Copies of the translations of the Fang and Ito                                                                               
                 references provided by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office,                                                                             
                 December 1999, are included and relied upon for this decision.                                                                         
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