Ex parte RELPH - Page 3




                 Appeal No. 96-0281                                                                                                                     
                 Application 08/248,625                                                                                                                 



                 locations, compressing said data to produce compressed data,                                                                           
                 and storing said compressed data in a second predetermined                                                                             
                 number of said plurality of storage locations, said second                                                                             
                 predetermined number being less than said first predetermined                                                                          
                 number;                                                                                                                                
                                   said memory management unit determining an amount of                                                                 
                 said data stored within said memory means and generating a                                                                             
                 compression signal when said amount exceeds a predetermined                                                                            
                 threshold;                                                                                                                             
                                   said compression means responding to said compres-                                                                   
                 sion signal to compress said data.                                                                                                     
                                   The Examiner relies on the following reference:                                                                      
                 Sakata et al.  (Sakata)       5,105,284       Apr. 14, 1992                                                                            


                                   Claims 15 through 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                                                                  
                 § 103 as being unpatentable over Sakata.                                                                                               
                                   Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and                                                                 
                 the Examiner, reference is made to the briefs  and answer for                    2                                                     
                 the respective details thereof.                                                                                                        


                                                                     OPINION                                                                            


                          2Appellant filed an appeal brief on May 1, 1995.  Appel-                                                                      
                 lant filed a reply brief on August 23, 1995.  The Examiner                                                                             
                 stated in the Examiner's letter mailed August 30, 1995 that                                                                            
                 the reply brief has been entered and considered but no further                                                                         
                 response by the Examiner is deemed necessary.                                                                                          
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