Appeal No. 1999-2418
Application No. 08/737,510
Claims 1-4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as
unpatentable over Urban in view of Abo.
Reference is made to the brief and answer for the
respective positions of appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
It is the examiner’s position that Urban teaches the
monitoring of a microprocessor wherein the monitoring device
has a signal generator stage for reset signals and a
determination is made as to whether a reset signal was
effected by the monitoring device. The examiner contends that
Urban discloses a comparison operation between a signal and a
predetermined value and that computer elements are reset as a
result of said comparison. According to the examiner, Urban
also discloses a varied program sequence. The examiner
identifies Urban’s abstract and columns 1 and 2 for the
alleged teachings.
The examiner concedes that Urban does not disclose that
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