Appeal No. 2001-0682
Application No. 09/003,572
executes the original code section in a line-by-line manner until the section is branched out of or
completed.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as follows:
1. A method for dynamically translating instructions in original code written for a first architecture
into native code for a second architecture, the method comprising the steps of:
analyzing a section of the original code;
designating at least one checkpoint in the section;
translating the instructions into native code instructions; and
reordering, speculatively, placement of at least one native code instruction.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:1
Robinson 5,432,795 Jul. 11, 1995
Sites 5,507,030 Apr. 09, 1996
Claims 1-3, 6, 9-19, 21, 24-29, 32, 35-45, 47, and 50-52 stand finally rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Sites. Claims 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 22, 23, 30, 31, 33, 34, 46,
48, and 49 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Sites in view
of Robinson.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the Examiner, reference is made to the
Brief (Paper No. 8) and Answer (Paper No. 9) for the respective details.
1 Although a total of 9 references are listed in the “Prior Art of Record” section of the Examiner’s Answer,
only the Robinson (5,432,795) and Sites (5,507,030) patents are applied as references in the rejections of the claims
on appeal.
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