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`Index of Claims
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`Application No.
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`J()JJ1L1 1 AC:,
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`Examiner
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`Applicant( s)
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`Art Unit·---··-·
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`'
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`..
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`,/ Rejected
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`= Allowed
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`-
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`+
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`(Through numeral)
`Cancelled
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`N Non-Elected
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`Restricted
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`I
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`Interference
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`A
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`0
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`Appeal
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`Objected
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`Claim
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`Date
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`Claim
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`Date
`
`Claim
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`Date
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`(ii
`c
`u::
`
`1--·-
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`iii
`c
`'Ci>
`'C:
`0
`-
`(1)
`2
`3
`4
`5
`6
`7
`8
`9
`10
`11
`1?.
`ll13)
`14
`15
`16
`17
`18
`19
`20
`21
`22
`23
`24
`25
`26
`27
`28
`29
`30
`31
`32
`33
`34
`35
`36
`37
`38
`39
`40
`41
`42
`43
`44
`45
`46
`47
`48
`49
`50
`
`.
`
`(ii
`c
`u::
`
`(ii
`c
`'51
`·c:
`0
`51
`52
`53
`54
`55
`56
`57
`58
`59
`60
`61
`62
`63
`64
`65
`66
`67
`68
`69
`70
`71
`72
`73
`74
`75
`76
`n
`78
`79
`80
`81
`82
`83
`84
`85
`86
`87
`88
`89
`90
`91
`92
`93
`94
`95
`96
`97
`98
`99
`100
`
`t.
`
`iii
`,!;;
`u.
`
`iii
`c
`'Ci
`'C:
`0
`101
`102
`103
`104
`>--}' tD5
`106
`107
`108
`109
`110
`11 L
`112
`113
`114
`115 •
`116
`117
`118
`119
`120
`121
`122
`123
`124
`125
`126
`127
`128
`129
`130
`131
`132
`133
`134
`135
`136
`137
`138
`139
`140
`141
`142
`143
`144
`145
`146
`147
`148
`149
`150
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`TITLE OF INVENTION: ELECTRONIC PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD HAVING A PLURALITY OF IDENTICALLY DESIGNED, HOUSING-ENCAPSULATED
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`Martin Benisek
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`TITLE OF INVENTION: ELECTRONIC PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD HAVING A PLURALITY OF IDENTICALLY DESIGNED, HOUSING-ENCAPSULATED
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`10/187,763
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`Martin Benisek
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`10/187,763
`Examiner
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`Phuong T. Vu
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`BENISEK ET AL.
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`REASONS FOR ALLOWANCE/DISCUSSION OF THE PRIOR ART
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`1.
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`The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to
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`applicant's disclosure.
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`Clayton discloses a printed circuit board with 9 identical semiconductor memory
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`devices, however does not teach that one of the semiconductor memory devices is
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`connected as an error correction chip. All of the semiconductor memory devices are
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`vertically positioned relative to the length of the printed circuit board along which the
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`contact strip extends. None of the semiconductor memory devices are horizontally
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`positioned relative to the length of the printed circuit board along which the contact strip
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`extends.
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`Mezawa discloses a printed circuit board with 9 identical semiconductor memory
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`devices which are vertically positioned relative to the length of the printed circuit board
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`along which the contact strip extends. A separate and different driver is provided which
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`is oriented horizontally relative to the length of the printed circuit board along which the
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`contact strips extends. There is no teaching of connecting one of the semiconductor
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`memory devices as an error correction chip.
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`Kasatani discloses a printed circuit board with 9 identical semiconductor memory
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`devices, however does not teach that one of the semiconductor memory devices is
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`connected as an error correction chip. All of the semiconductor memory devices are
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`horizontally positioned, with the longer side of their housing being parallel to the length
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`of the printed circuit board along which the contact strip extends. None of the
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`semiconductor memory device housings have the longer side positioned perpendicular
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`to the length of the printed circuit board along which the contact strip extends.
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`Bhakta et al. discloses a printed circuit board with 16 identical semiconductor
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`memory devices, all of which are vertically positioned relative to the contact strip of the
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`printed circuit board. There is no teaching of providing one of the memory devices as
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`an error correction chip or the placement of such error correction chip.
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`Michael discloses a printed circuit board with 9 identical semiconductor memory
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`devices, all of which are horizontally positioned relative to the contact strip of the printed
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`circuit board and a separate controller which is different from the above-mentioned
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`semiconductor memory devices, which is also horizontally positioned relative to the
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`contact strip. The reference teaches that the controller may provide additional logic
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`including error recognition and correction circuits. There is no teaching of connecting
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`any of the 9 semiconductor memory devices as an error correction chip and there would
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`be no motivation to do so since the error correction is already provided.
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`Ikeda discloses a printed circuit board with 16 identical semiconductor memory
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`devices, all of which are horizontally positioned relative to the contact strip of the printed
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`circuit board and a separate controller which is different from the above-mentioned
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`semiconductor memory devices. The controller is vertically positioned relative to the
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`contact strip. However, as mentioned, the controller is configured differently from the
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`semiconductor memory devices and is not "identically designed" as recited in the
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`claims. There is no teaching of connecting one of the identical semiconductor memory
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`devices as the error correction chip.
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`Seyyedy discloses a printed circuit board with a plurality of identical
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`semiconductor memory devices and a separate and different controller which is
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`provided with an error correction chip. However, as mentioned, the controller is
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`configured differently from the semiconductor memory devices and is not "identically
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`designed" as recited in the claims. There is no teaching of connecting one of the
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`identical semiconductor memory devices as the error correction chip. There is no clear
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`teaching of the mounting orientation of the semiconductor memory devices or the
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`controller as the figures only appear to support a block diagram of the memory module.
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`2.
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`The allowability of claim 1 resides in each and every limitation recited in the
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`independent claim 1 including the recitation of the electronic printed circuit board having
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`a contact strip for insertion into another electronic unit, a memory module having at
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`least nine identically designed integrated semiconductor memories, each one of said
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`semiconductor memories being encapsulated in a rectangular housing having a shorter
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`dimension and a longer dimension, said housing of