Appeal No. 1997-3792
Application No. 08/321,334
a microprocessor;
means for varying a magnitude of a supply voltage fed to
the microprocessor in accordance with the temperature of the
microprocessor and the operating frequency of the
microprocessor.
C. The references and rejections
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Perry et al. (Perry) 5,142,684 Aug. 25, 1992
Georgiou et al. (Georgiou) 5,189,314 Feb. 23, 1993
Kenny et al. (Kenny) 5,287,292 Feb. 15, 1994
Lin 5,452,401 Sep. 19, 1995
(filed Mar. 31, 1992)
Claims 1-3 stand rejected under § 102(e) as anticipated
by Kenny.
Claims 5 and 7-10 stand rejected under § 103 for
obviousness over Kenny in view of Perry.
Claim 11 stands rejected under § 102(e) as anticipated by
Lin.
Claim 12 stands rejected under § 103 for obviousness over
Lin in view of Perry.
Claim 13 stands rejected under § 103 for obviousness over
Lin in view of Perry and Georgiou.
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