The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte KYOJI YAMASAKI _____________ Appeal No. 2001-2662 Application No. 09/124,962 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before THOMAS, KRASS, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellant has appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 9 and 10. The examiner has indicated the allowability of claims 1-8. Claim 9 is reproduced below: 9. A semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising: an internal power supply circuit for generating a first internal power supply voltage being lower than an external power supply voltage on a first internal power supply line from said external power supply voltage;Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007