Appeal No. 96-3085
Application 08/274,655
other tasks by a single processor; and
generating a cycle counter interrupt which is one type of
processor execution interrupt whenever said counting reaches a
predetermined value; and
stopping said counting whenever any processor execution
interrupt occurs.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Bogaert et al.( Bogaert ) 4,432,051 Feb. 14, 1984
Peet, Jr. et al.( Peet ) 5,146,589 Sept. 8,
1992
Claims 1 through 4 and 8 through 11 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness, the Examiner
offers Bogaert and Peet [answer, page 3].
Reference is made to Appellant's brief and the Examiner's
answer for their respective positions.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us,
and we will reverse the obviousness rejection of claims 1
through 4 and 8 through 11.
With respect to independent claim 1, the Examiner
basically takes the position that Peet shows everything except
3
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