Please note the similarities between,

the ring oscillator system clock disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,809,336.

INTEL's "speed step" chip description from 1999

ARM SA-110 from 1996

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Mr. Shaw attended several interviews during 1997 and 1998 with the Examiner assigned by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to patent application ser. no. 08/484,918.
n. Despite believing that a ring oscillator system clock would not work as described in patent application ser. no. 08/484,918 or that undue experimentation would be required to achieve a microprocessor with a functioning ring oscillator system clock, Mr. Shaw told the Examiner that a ring oscillator system clock would work to drive a microprocessor at its fastest safe operating speed, thus conveying the impression that a ring oscillator system clock was an improvement over other clocking systems. In particular, Mr. Shaw failed to tell the Examiner that Nanotronics had abandoned the design because it likely would not work.
o. Mr. Shaw intentionally deceived the United States Patent and
Trademark Office in order to expedite the allowance of patent application ser. no. 08/484,918.

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"The word we got was that Sony did know about us and they don't believe it is possible. I have the .8 micro process running at 500mips with 650ps pulse widths etc. Engineers will tell you that this is not possible. Conventional engineering says the limit is ten times lower than this and that these numbers are just not possible, but there is the chip"
(Moore, November 16, 1996).

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The defendants' claim is that during 1997 and 1998 Shaw intentionally deceived the Patent Office because of his belief that the the clock wouldn't work. As you can see, the clock was not only working, but also incorporated into viable microprocessors before that time.

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