Appeal No. 97-1182
Application No. 08/150,371
Each of the independent claims is misdescriptive because
they call for the matrix multiplying circuit to resolve the
constant matrix into a plurality of matrices. While the
matrix multiplying circuit multiplies the input vector by the
resolved matrices, the multiplying circuit does not perform
the resolving. In fact, there is no disclosure of a means to
perform the resolving [answer - page 5].
We disagree with the examiner’s reasoning. The examiner
apparently is of the opinion that the "multiplying circuit" is
only a circuit for multiplying and cannot serve any other
purpose. However, as reference to the disclosure and further
study of the claim language reveal, the claimed "matrix
multiplying circuit" is merely the box into which the input
vector data signal is input and from which the final output of
the entire operation is taken. In other words, the claimed
"matrix multiplying circuit" is the element that performs all
of the multiplying and resolving operations. See claim 1, for
example, where the basic method comprises inputting the input
vector data signal into a "box," if you will, which performs
the multiplication by a first constant matrix, and outputting
from the "box," or matrix multiplying circuit, an output
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