Appeal No. 96-0609
Application No. 08/024,803
a set of memory shift registers (RDM . . .
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RDM . . . RDM ), each of said memory shiftj n
registers (RDM ) of said set having a size
j
of one block of information and being
connected to the central memory (RAM) so as
to enable, in one memory cycle a parallel
transfer of a block of information (bi)
between said memory shift register and said
central memory, the memory shift registers
of said memory shift registers being
independent of each other for simultaneous
shifting of blocks of information, . . . a
set of serial links (LS . . . LS . . .1 j
LS ), each connecting a memory shift
n
register (RDM ) and a processor shift
j
register (RDP ) for making a private
j
connection between a paired memory shift
register and processor shift register
(RDM , RDP ) and transferring . . . blocksj j
of information (bi) between the memory
shift register and the processor shift
register (RDM , RDP ) autonomously andj j
independently of other registers and other
serial links
as recited in Appellants' claim 1. The Examiner failed to
show that the prior art suggested the desirability of the
Examiner's proposed modification. We are not inclined to
dispense with proof by evidence when the proposition at issue
is not supported by a teaching in a prior art reference or
shown to be common knowledge of unquestionable demonstration.
Our reviewing court requires this evidence in order to
establish a prima facie case. In re Knapp-Monarch Co., 296
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