Ex parte BOUTAND et al. - Page 8



          Appeal No. 1999-0153                                                        
          Application No. 08/488,394                                                  



          been addressed.  We would further point out that appealed                   
          claim 1 also requires the selection by the first multiplexer                
          of an input synchronous clock signal or a test clock signal, a              
          disclosure of which we find lacking in Staiger.                             
          Since all of the claim limitations are not taught or                        
          suggested by the applied prior art, it is our opinion that the              
          Examiner has not established a prima facie case of obviousness              
          with respect to appealed claim 1.  Accordingly, we do not                   
          sustain                                                                     
          the Examiner’s 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of claim 1 and,                    



















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