Appeal No. 1999-2418
Application No. 08/737,510
following the appearance of a reset signal wherein the
sequence is determined in dependence on a compare signal
provided by a comparator and wherein the comparator compares a
signal that reflects the present condition of a device which
cooperates with and is controlled by the computing component
with at least one threshold value to provide the compare
signal.
We agree with appellants.
Both parties agree that Urban has no disclosure or
suggestion of a device which cooperates with and is controlled
by the computing component (i.e., the microprocessor). Urban
merely discloses determining whether a reset signal was
generated by a monitoring device 2 or by a power-on reset
circuit. Accordingly, Urban cannot disclose or suggest
comparing a signal reflecting the present condition of that
device with a threshold value, the result of said comparison
being used to determine a varied program sequence. Thus, for
the rejection to be valid, Abo must provide such a suggestion.
Abo does provide for a controlled device, 12, but we find
no suggestion in Abo of providing a varied program sequence
dependent on a comparison of the present condition of device,
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