Appeal No. 96-1426 Application 08/001,863 have completed appears to be the same. What we do not find is appellants' partial data dependency interlocking step of using "source-to-destination dependency interlock circuitry" to eliminate N possible data dependency hazards and then determining that all previous instructions have completed before dispatching the instruction. For the reasons discussed above, the rejection of claims 1, 3, 6, and 7 is reversed. REVERSED LEE E. BARRETT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT RICHARD TORCZON ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) JAMES T. CARMICHAEL ) Administrative Patent Judge ) - 12 -Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007