Ex parte SAKASHITA et al. - Page 4




          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.                                                                  




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