Appeal No. 2000-2294
Application No. 08/511,425
example, independent claim 59 includes a specific combination
of input/output terminals, buffer circuitry, blocking
circuits, feedback circuitry, and temperature control
elements, all interconnected in a specific manner. Similarly,
independent claim 62 includes a specific recitation of the
monitoring of temperature information from subdivided distinct
groups of test circuitry, while independent claim 69 includes
a recitation of the processing of specific signals such as
reset and clock signals. Rather than pointing to specific
information in the applied references that would suggest their
combination to meet the specific language of the appealed
claims, the Examiner has instead described piecemeal
similarities between each of the references and the claimed
invention. Nowhere does the Examiner identify any suggestion,
teaching, or motivation to combine the applied references, nor
does the Examiner establish any findings as to the level of
ordinary skill in the art, the nature of the problem to be
solved, or any other factual findings that would support a
proper obviousness analysis. See, e.g., Pro-Mold & Tool Co.
v. Great Lakes Plastics, Inc., 75 F.3d 1568, 1573, 37 USPQ2d
1626, 1629-30 (Fed. Cir. 1996).
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