Appeal No. 1997-2161
Application 08/172,170
is used to store an instruction prior to decoding by the
decoder, element 203, and a plurality of register banks,
element 205. The Examiner argues that the type of access to
the registers is determined by the fields in the instructions.
Appellants argue on page 6 of the brief that Sakuma
fails to teach or suggest the physical register number forming
means which is connected to a plurality of register queues for
combining a logical register number designated in an instruc-
tion into a physical register number which indicates a partic-
ular register queue of plural register queues and for trans-
ferring the physical register number to the plurality of
register queues so as to identify a particular register queue
as recited in Appellants' claim 1. Appellants argue that the
Examiner has erred by failing to find any teaching or sugges-
tion in Sakuma of a physical register number forming means as
recited in claim 1.
The Examiner has failed to set forth a prima facie
case. It is axiomatic that anticipation of a claim under
§ 102 can be found only if the prior art reference discloses
every element of the claim. See In re King, 801 F.2d 1324,
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