Appeal No. 1997-3792
Application No. 08/321,334
frequency value in accordance with the temperature (current or
expected) of the microprocessor, i.e., in accordance with the
heat management algorithm shown in Figures 5A and 5B or in
Figure 7. The fact that it is the maximum clock signal
frequency value which is being adjusted implies that the
adjustment is based on the temperature of the CPU during only
the busy periods, when the CPU is being operated at the
maximum clock frequency and may experience an increase in
temperature. Therefore, the claim is inaccurate to state that
the maximum clock frequency value is adjusted "in accordance
with idle and busy operating conditions of the microprocessor"
(emphasis added). This "idle and busy" language, which was
added to claim 1 by amendment, lacks written description2
support in the specification (including claims) as filed,
which more generally calls for adjusting the maximum clock
frequency value "in accordance with operating conditions of
the central processor" (Abstract; Spec. at 6, lines 7-9; Spec.
at 7, lines 18-21) or "in accordance with the operating
conditions which the microprocessor is being exposed to"
(Spec. at 12, lines 6-10).
2Amendment received April 25, 1996 (paper No. 4).
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