Appeal No. 96-2237
Application 08/113,509
access followed by an instruction access or vice versa. See
also the teachings at column 11, lines 13 through 25.
On the other hand, the burst-mode access, which is
discussed beginning at column 12, line 45, permits such alter-
native or overlapped accessing between data and instruction
accesses. The examiner's arguments at page 3 of the answer
are aptly characterized by appellant at page 11 of the brief
as an attempt by the examiner to combine the pipelined and
burst-mode protocols. We do not agree with appellant's view
that Johnson teaches away from this combination but only that
the two modes
are distinct and separate within the context of Johnson alone
and well recognized in the art as distinguished anyway. The
modified so-called simple access to include a later pipelined
access or burst-mode access discussed at column 10, line 55,
through column 11, line 2, also does not argue for combining
the pipelined and burst-mode accesses in Johnson.
The examiner's reasoning at page 3 of the answer is
presumptuous, and the mere fact that an existing data struc-
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