Appeal No. 96-3234 Application 08/184,446 DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejec- tion of claims 1 through 13, all of the claims present in the application. The invention relates to an error correcting memory system. In particular, on page 3 of the specification, Appel- lant discloses that the principal object of the present inven- tion is to provide an error correcting memory device for an effective use of the space thereof. Appellant discloses that this object is accomplished by providing an error correcting memory device that includes a device for writing and reading m-bit data and an n-bit pointer for marking errors in accor- dance with a predetermined rule. The device includes a first memory for recording m-bit data and a second memory for re- cording n-bit pointers. The device further includes a writ- ing/reading control signal generating unit for generating the respective writing and reading control signals of the first 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007