Appeal No. 1997-3241 Application 08/442,726 broadcast value on a reference bus when said ripple counter is still incrementing due to said clocking. The Examiner relies upon the following references: Moyer 4,002,926 Jan. 11, 1977 Miu et al. (Miu) 4,783,735 Nov. 8, 1988 Okamoto et al. (Okamoto) 4,910,668 Mar. 20, 1990 The following rejections are appealed. Claims 15, 16 and 17 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by Miu. Claim 17 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Okamoto and Moyer. Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the Examiner, reference is made to the brief and the answer for the respective details thereof. Opinion We will not sustain the rejection of claims 15, 16, and 17 under 35 U.S.C. § 102, nor will we sustain the rejection of claim 17 under 35 U.S.C. § 103. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007