Appeal No. 1999-0045
Application 08/688,235
enabling an oscillator circuit if the user command specifies an operation on a flash
cell array by the micro controller, the oscillator circuit generating a clock signal for clocking
the micro controller;
disabling the oscillator circuit when the operation is complete if a subsequent user
command is not being received over the host bus.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Kreifels et al. (Kreifels) 5,222,046 June 22, 1993
Wells et al. (Wells) 5,265,059 Nov. 23, 1993
(filing date May 10, 1991)
Fandrich (Fandrich '300) 5,333,300 July 26, 1994
(filing date Feb. 11, 1991)
Fandrich et al. (Fandrich '256) 5,353,256 Oct. 4, 1994
(filing date June 30, 1993)
Applicant's admitted prior art, specification p. 2, lines 4-9.
All claims on appeal, claims 1-4, 8-11, 15-18 and 22-26 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103. In a first stated rejection, the examiner rejects claims 1-4, 8-11 and 22 in
light of the collective teachings and showings of Fandrich '256 and Fandrich '300. These
same claims stand rejected in a second stated rejection in light of Fandrich '256 in view of
appellants' admitted prior art at page 2 of the specification as filed, lines 4-9. In a third
stated rejection, the examiner rejects dependent claim 23 in light of Fandrich '256 in view
of Fandrich '300, further in view of Wells. In a fourth stated rejection, the examiner rejects
claim 23 in light of Fandrich '256 in view of the earlier noted portion of the specification at
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