Hey I'm surprised at you.
<what I find interesting in an I-don't-why way is the deletion of Claim 8 without a ready amended version.>
An external clock that operates synchronously with the oscillator. I know what it really means, but I think they are addressing the claims as they might have to be explained to a jury. Hence the second clock is asynchronous. Period. I think it is that simple. Corrections welcomed as well as any differing view.
GLTA, Opty