Appeal No. 1999-1098 Application 08/627,313 said fourth memory block is arranged so that another shorter side of said fourth memory block is adjacent to another longer side of said third memory block and another longer side of said fourth memory block is located on an extension of another shorter side of said third memory block. In rejecting Appellants' claims, the Examiner relies on Appellants' admitted prior art and the following references: Seefeldt et al. (Seefeldt) 4,864,381 Sep. 5, 1989 Ichiguchi 5,222,042 Jun. 22, 1993 Koike 5,229,629 Jul. 20, 1993 Katto et al. (Katto) 5,416,347 May 16, 1995 Kusunoki et al. (Kusunoki) 5,512,766 Apr. 30, 1996 Claims 1-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being obvious over the admitted prior art and Kusunoki and Seefeldt. Claim 10 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being obvious over the admitted prior art, Kusunoki, Seefeldt and Ichiguchi. Claim 12 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being obvious over the admitted prior art, Kusunoki, Seefeldt and Katto. 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007