Appeal No. 2006-2920 Page 2
Application No. 10/813,501
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method of forming a self-gated transistor comprising:
• coupling a transistor operable to form a sense signal representative
of a current through the self-gated transistor; and
• configuring a first circuit of the self-gated transistor to disable the
transistor substantially upon a positive current flow through the
transistor and to enable the transistor responsively to a negative
current flow through the transistor.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Asada et al. (Asada) 5,936,440 Aug. 10, 1999
The examiner relies on the following reference as extrinsic evidence to
explain the operation of a comparator:
Millman et al. (Millman), Integrated Electronics: Analog and Digital
Circuits and Systems 568 (1972).
The following rejection is on appeal before us:
1. Claims 1-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Asada [answer, pages 3-7].
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