Appeal No. 2002-2072
Application No. 09/332,360
1. A random access memory, comprising:
an array of capacitors, ones of said capacitors being
electrically coupled by a conductive plate which overlies said
array of capacitors wherein the pattern of said conductive plate
is continuous in at most one dimension, but not in two
dimensions; and
the conductive plate is patterned in strips which are
diagonal to gate structures underlying said array.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Chang 6,020,235 Feb. 1, 2000
(filed Apr. 14, 1998)
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
anticipated by Chang.
Claims 3 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Chang.
Reference is made to the brief and answer for the respective
positions of appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
Anticipation is established only when a single prior art
reference discloses, expressly or under the principles of
inherency, each and every element of a claimed invention as well
as disclosing structure which is capable of performing the
recited functional limitations. RCA Corp. v. Applied Digital
Data Sys., Inc., 730 F.2d 1440, 1444, 221 USPQ 385, 388 (Fed.
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