Appeal No. 2004-1608
Application 09/752,873
With respect to claims 19, 20 and 26, which stand or fall
together, appellant again argues that the examiner has failed to
address the recitations of these claims [brief, page 6]. The
examiner responds that global bitlines are shown in Ayukawa
[answer, page 7]. Appellant responds that the examiner has
failed to meet his initial burden of presenting a prima facie
case of obviousness. Appellant asserts that the examiner has
ignored that these claims recite a global receiver [reply brief,
page 4].
We will sustain the examiner’s rejection of claims 19, 20
and 26. The global bitline GBL of Ayukawa is clearly connected
to a global receiver MA [see Figure 13, for example, and
accompanying description].
With respect to separately argued claim 22, appellant
again argues that the examiner has failed to address the
recitations of these claims [brief, page 6]. The examiner
responds that Ayukawa teaches a controller BKCONTH responsive to
a hit signal for controlling a sense amplifier [answer, pages 7-
8]. Appellant responds that the examiner has failed to meet his
initial burden of presenting a prima facie case of obviousness.
Appellant asserts that the examiner has failed to identify how
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