Appeal No. 2001-2459
Application No. 09/277,281
the pull-down device of claim 7. Transistor 30, in fact, is
external to integrated circuit 6 and a part of test circuit 2
that checks the connection between I/O pin 4 of integrated
circuit 6 and conductive traces 8 on a printed circuit board
(PCB) (col. 5, lines 58-62). Contrary to the Examiner’s
assertion (answer, page 6), since only the MOS transistor 46 of
Intrater is determined to be a pull-up device connected between
pin 4 and input/output buffer 40 (col. 7, lines 33-35), the only
other transistor connected to pin 4, which is bipolar transistor
30 or a switch in external test circuit 2, cannot act as a second
MOS transistor in the pull-up device. The subject matter of
claims 1 and 7 would not, therefore, have been prima facie
anticipated by Intrater. Accordingly, we do not sustain the
rejection of claims 1, 4-7 and 10-12.
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