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Appeal No. 2002-1854
Application No. 09/163,874
We do not agree with the examiner that the Nakaizumi system anticipates the
subject matter recited in claim 1. It is true that certain decoders are selected for use
and that, as shown in Figures 3, 4 and 7, the system includes a plurality of fuses 91-
102 arranged in a linear array. However, we find ourselves in agreement with the
appellant that the reference neither selects a fuse section corresponding to the most
significant bit nor places other fuse sections adjacent both sides of the selected fuse
section. Furthermore, the reference fails to recognize the specific problem to which the
appellant’s invention is directed. In fact, Nakaizumi is not at all concerned with the
arrangement of the fuse sections with respect to one another, but only that redundant
sections are present and can be substituted for sections associated with failed
decoders.
Since all of the subject matter recited in claim 1 is not disclosed or taught by
Nakaizumi, the reference does not anticipate the claim, and we will not sustain the
rejection. Nor, it follows, will we sustain the like rejection of claims 2-4, which depend
from claim 1.
CONCLUSION
The rejection is not sustained.
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
REVERSED
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