The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 14
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JASON CHEN, BAO-SHIANG SUN, and HENRY FAN
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Appeal No. 2000-1251
Application No. 08/843,786
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ON BRIEF
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Before FLEMING, LALL, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 12-13 and 20-22. Claims 1-6, 8-11 and 14-15 are not part
of the appeal.1
The invention relates to an integrated circuit (IC) and a
method for protecting an IC against the consequences of having
erroneously entered a test mode during normal operation. The IC
(1) includes a start test mode circuit for generating a test mode
1 Claims 1-6 and 8-11 have been indicated as allowable in
Paper No. 8. Claims 14-15 have been objected to in Paper No. 8
as being dependent upon a rejected claim, but would be allowable
if rewritten in independent form incorporating the limitations of
claims 12-13.
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