Ex parte DACOSTA et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 99-0872                                                           
          Application 08/885,399                                                       

                               The Rejection on Appeal                                 
               Claims 1, 2, 6 and 7 stand finally rejected under 35                    
          U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Duwaer.                              
               Claims 3, 4, and 10-12 stand finally rejected under 35                  
          U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Duwaer and Hatada.                   
               Claim 5 stands finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                
          being unpatentable over Duwaer and Ishimaru.                                 
               Claims 8 and 9 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. §                 
          103 as being unpatentable over Duwaer and Fukuda.                            
                                    The Invention                                      
               The claimed invention is directed to a device including                 
          digital-to-analog driving circuitry and multiplexer circuitry                
          driven by the driving circuitry.  The number of connecting                   
          data lines between the output of the driving circuitry and the               
          input of the multiplexer circuitry is not less than 32.                      
          Claims 1, 10 and 12 are the only independent claims.                         
          Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:                                  
               1.  A product comprising:                                               
               a first substrate with a surface at which circuitry                     
               can be formed; and                                                      
               array circuitry formed at the surface of the first                      
               substrate, the array circuitry comprising:                              

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