The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is
not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte OSMAN KENT
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Appeal No. 2006-1687
Application No. 10/086,980
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HEARD: September 12, 2006
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Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges.
HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 3 through 5 and 7 through 35.
The disclosed invention relates to a method and system for bypassing a defective one of a
plurality of parallel graphics computational units, and distributing incoming tasks only among
operative ones of the parallel graphics computational units.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
1. A graphics processor, comprising:
a plurality of parallellized graphics computational units; and
one or more task allocation units programmed to bypass defective ones of said units
within said groups, and to distribute incoming tasks only among operative ones of
said units .
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