Appeal No. 2003-1955
Application 09/447,544
register 30 that selectively replaces a tested circuit. See
pages 3 and 4 of the Examiner’s answer.
Appellant argues that Brownlow’s verification signal
generator 33 is not part of the redundant circuit that replaces
the tested circuit, because Brownlow’s shift register 30 is not
part of the redundant circuit that provides a signal to a test
circuit. Appellant argues that the ordinary meaning for
“redundant circuit” is found in the Webster’s New Collegiate
Dictionary. From this definition, the ordinary meaning of a
redundant circuit is a duplicate circuit. Appellant argues that
Brownlow’s shift register 30 is a duplicate circuit that is used
to replace a tested circuit, but Brownlow’s verification signal
generator 33 is a separate circuit that is not duplicated and
does not replace a test circuit. See pages 1 and 2 of
Appellant’s reply brief.
We note that Appellant’s claim 1 recites
at least one redundant circuit, adapted for selectively
accessing each of said columns and communicating data with
said interface; a test circuit, for comparing data
communicated by a respective one of said circuits and said
redundant circuit; and means for selectively logically
replacing a respective circuit with said redundant circuit.
Furthermore, we agree with the Appellant’s definition that a
redundant circuit is a duplicate circuit.
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