Appeal No. 2000-1251
Application No. 08/843,786
start-up signal as recited in claim 12 or resetting the IC based
on the receipt of the test mode start-up signal as recited in
claim 20.
We therefore fail to find that Slemmer or Miyawaki disclose
or teach "a reset circuit responsive to the test mode start-up
signal for resetting the integrated circuit after the integrated
circuit has erroneously entered a test mode during normal
operation" as recited in claim 12 or a method "for protecting an
integrated circuit against the consequences of having erroneously
entered a test mode during normal operation . . ., wherein the
method comprises the steps of: (a) generating a test mode start-
up signal during normal operation of the integrated circuit; and
(b) resetting the integrated circuit based on the receipt of the
test mode start-up signal" as recited in claim 20. As such, we
cannot sustain the rejection of claims 12 and 20 as being obvious
over Slemmer in view of Miyawaki.
We now turn to the rejection of claims 13 and 21-22 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Slemmer in view of
Miyawaki and McClure. The Examiner has not relied on the McClure
reference to teach or suggest a reset circuit responsive to the
test mode start-up signal for resetting the IC after the IC has
erroneously entered a test mode during normal operation as
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