Appeal No. 95-2572 Page 2
Application 08/157,451
07/627,864, filed 17 December 1990 (now abandoned), under
35 U.S.C. § 120. He also claims the priority of Swedish patent
application 9000083-7, filed 10 January 1990, under 35 U.S.C.
§ 119. (Paper 19 (Req. Appl'n under 1.62) at 2.)
The subject matter of the invention relates to a graphics
processor for raster displays. (Paper 1 at 1.) Claim 15, the
only independent claim, defines the subject matter as follows
(Paper 22 (Amdt. entered 11 May 1994) at 1-2, enumeration from
Fig. 2 ):1
A graphics processor 16 for writing
information representing at least a part of an image
into an image buffer 18 of predetermined size,
comprising:
(a) high level graphics processor means 30 for
converting high level graphics instructions
into low level graphics instructions, at
least some of which contain pixel data;
(b) queue memory means 34 connected to said high
level graphics processor means 30, for
receiving and storing said low level graphics
instructions in the order they are generated
by said high level graphics processor
means 30; and
(c) low level graphics processor means 32
connected to said queue memory means 34 and
said image buffer 18, for reading and
executing said low level graphics
instructions from said queue memory means 34
one after the other and for repeatedly
copying at least some of said pixel data into
different memory locations of said image
1 Figure 1 should be labeled "Prior Art" for clarity.
Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) § 608.02(g).
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