Appeal No. 1996-0347
Application No. 08/166,609
number of pulses provided by an oscillator. The frequency of
the clock in Juzswik is not adjusted, as in the instant
claimed invention. As pointed out by appellant, at page 8 of
the principal brief, Juzswik does not count events from the
processor but, rather, the timer therein sends interrupts to
the processor.
Moreover, in response to appellant’s argument that
Juzswik does not adjust the frequency of the clock, the
examiner states that it is Intel which provides this teaching.
However, if Juzswik does not provide for an adjustment of
clock frequency and Intel does not recognize a need to count
computer events, even assuming, arguendo, that the examiner’s
observations regarding these references are correct, there
would appear to be no motivation for combining the teachings
of the references since the skilled artisan would have been
led by nothing in the applied references to modify Intel by
providing for clock frequency adjustment therein based on a
count of computer events, as claimed.
Therefore, we will not sustain the rejection of claims 1
through 22 under 35 U.S.C. 103 based on Intel and Juzswik.
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