Appeal No. 96-0258
Application 08/094,651
which correspond to the physical addresses, for referencing the page table memory space;
c) providing a page table prototype mechanism including known cross reference
information between the set of virtual addresses, and the corresponding physical addresses
for referencing the page table memory space, the known cross-reference information
comprising offset information between the certain ones of the virtual addressees and their
corresponding physical addresses;
d) operating the computer system to load information identical to a preselected
portion of the page table memory space into the translation buffer, which loading of the
translation buffer is implemented by utilizing the page table prototype mechanism to
dynamically generate physical address information for referencing the page table memory
space from a corresponding one of the set of virtual addresses and the known cross
reference information contained in the page table prototype mechanism.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Sawada et a l. (Sawada) 4,628,451 Dec. 9, 1986
Claims 13 through 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over
Sawada.2
Reference is made to the brief and answer for the respective positions of appellants
and the examiner.
2A rejection of the claims under double patenting of the obviousness type has been
withdrawn by the examiner in view of an acceptable terminal disclaimer and is no longer
before us on appeal.
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