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. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007