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              Appeal No. 2003-2105                                                                 Page 3                
              Application No. 08/755,928                                                                                 


                     A further understanding of the invention can be achieved by reading the following                   
              claim.                                                                                                     
                     32. A semiconductor device comprising:                                                              
                            an external potential contact means supplied with an external                                
                     power-source potential different from a ground level;                                               
                            a first pad connected to said external potential contact means with                          
                     a first connecting member;                                                                          
                            a second pad provided separately from said first pad, and                                    
                     connected to said external potential contact means with a second                                    
                     connecting member different from the first connecting member;                                       
                            a first circuit for receiving said external power-source potential from                      
                     said first pad as a first drive power-source potential; and                                         
                            a second circuit for receiving an output signal of said first circuit,                       
                     said second circuit being coupled to said second pad and receiving said                             
                     external power-source potential as a second drive power-source potential                            
                     distinct from said external power source potential used as said first drive                         
                     power-source potential.                                                                             


                     Claims 32 and 33 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over U.S.                       
              Patent No. 5,194,762 ("Hara") and U.S. Patent No. 5,559,356 ("Yukawa").                                    


                                                       OPINION                                                           
                     Rather than reiterate the positions of the examiner or the appellant in toto, we                    
              focus on the main point of contention therebetween.  Admitting that "Hara et al. does not                  
              expressly disclose in the description . . . the use of 'a first connecting member' and 'a                  








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