Appeal No. 96-0166
Application 08/083,419
We will reverse the rejection of claim 5 because we find
that Powell does not disclose the claimed step of "providing a
counter means for each of the digital subsystems for providing
a test enable signal that is coupled to the driver enable
circuitry of each digital subsystem," as discussed with
respect to the "counter means" and "test enable signal"
limitations in claim 4.
Claims 6-12
We will reverse the rejection of claims 6-12 because we
find that Powell does not disclose "a digital counter
presettable to a predetermined state, and producing a test
enable signal," as discussed with respect to the "counter
means" and "test enable signal" limitations in claim 4, and
because we find that Powell does not disclose "a selector
coupled to receive the bus enable signal and the test enable
signal to substitute the test enable signal for the bus enable
signal during testing," as discussed with respect to the
"means ... for communicating the test enable signal ... in
place of the enable signal" limitation in claim 4.
Claims 13-17
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