Appeal No. 1997-3240
Application 08/176,940
a code memory for storing a plurality of code words for a
plurality of encoding levels, the addresses of the code words
for each encoding level being denoted by an ordered sequence
of integers beginning with 0, a 0 being stored initially at
each memory address;
a means for entering simultaneously into the code memory
at a plurality of addresses a code word for each of a
plurality of encoding levels, the addresses for each level
being those included within a specified beginning address and
a specified ending address, the code words, the encoding
levels, the beginning addresses, and the ending addresses
being supplied through an input port.
The Examiner relies on the following reference:
McEntee et al. (McEntee) 4,797,810 Jan .
10, 1989
Claims 13 through 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
112, second paragraph, as being single means claims having
“undue breadth.” Claims 1 through 4, 8 and 9 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over McEntee.
Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for
the respective details thereof.
OPINION
After careful review of the evidence before us, we do not
agree with the Examiner that claims 13 through 17 are properly
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