Appeal No. 1997-2660 Page 11
Application No. 08/224,407
The appellant fails to show that the original
specification, which includes the original claims, disclosed
limitation. To
the contrary, the specification teaches that the data path
test circuitry writes the pattern to the data path. For
example, the specification discloses that "data path tester 50
will send a pattern to data path 30." (Spec. at 8.) It adds
that "the pattern that is sent to data path 30 by data path
tester 50 is generated by stimulus generator 54 of data path
tester 50." (Id. at 9.) The specification further teaches
that "a linear feedback shift register is used to generate the
stimulus to be output to data path 30." (Id. at 10.)
For the foregoing reasons, we are not persuaded that when
the appellant’s application was filed, the invention included
the features of the data path test circuitry writing a pattern
to
the data RAM as now claimed. The appellant has not shown that
the disclosure provides a written description of the invention
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