The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte ANDRES R. TEENE Appeal No. 2001-0632 Application No. 08/650,248 ON BRIEF Before THOMAS, KRASS and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-12, all of the pending claims. The invention is directed to various embodiments for eliminating scan hold time failures of a scan chain. Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows: 1. A method for eliminating scan hold time failures of a scan chain comprising the steps of: -1–Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007