Appeal No. 1999-1454 Page 3
Application No. 08/596,343
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to an integrated
circuit. An understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced as
follows:
1. An integrated circuit device comprising:
a metal board having a CPU power converter
which includes one of a DC/DC converter and an AC/DC
converter for converting a supply voltage from a
motherboard into a driving voltage for driving a
CPU chip;
a multi-layer circuit wiring board having a
plurality of pin terminals fitted therein and
electrically connected to said CPU power converter
on the metal board;
a CPU chip electrically connected to said
multi-layer circuit wiring board between said
metal board and said multi-layer circuit wiring board;
a control section electrically connected to
said multi-layer circuit wiring board on a surface
opposite to the CPU chip provided on said multi-layer
circuit wiring board; and
a connector electrically connected to said
multi-layer circuit wiring board.
The prior art references of record relied upon by
the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
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