Appeal No. 2000-1251 Application No. 08/843,786 recited in claim 12 or the steps of the method for protecting an IC against the consequences of having erroneously entered a test mode during normal operation of generating a test mode start-up signal during normal operation of the IC and resetting the IC based on the receipt of the test mode start-up signal as recited in claim 20. As such, we also cannot sustain the rejections of claims 13 and 21-22 made under 35 U.S.C. § 103. REVERSED MICHAEL R. FLEMING ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT PARSHOTAM S. LALL ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) STUART S. LEVY ) Administrative Patent Judge ) MRF/LBG 10Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007