Ex parte SHIM - Page 3




          Appeal No. 96-3234                                                          
          Application 08/184,446                                                      



          and second memory so that the m-bit data is stored in the                   
          first memory and the n-bit pointer is stored in the second                  
          memory.                                                                     
                    Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:                     
                    1.  An error correcting memory system which writes                
          and reads m-bit data and an error marking n-bit pointer by a                
          predetermined rule, comprising:                                             


                    a first memory for recording said m-bit data;                     
                    a second memory for recording said n-bit pointer;                 
                    an address generating unit for generating the ad-                 
          dress signals of said first and second memories by a predeter-              
          mined rule; and                                                             
                    a writing/reading control signal generating unit for              
          generating the respective writing and reading control signals               
          of said first and second memories by receiving the writing and              
          reading control signals and responding to a data/pointer                    
          differentiating signal,                                                     
                    wherein m and n are integers greater than or equal                
          to one.                                                                     
                    The Examiner relies on the following reference:                   
          Ozaki et al. (Ozaki)          4,719,628          Jan. 12, 1988              


                    Claims 1 through 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                
          § 112, first paragraph, as being based upon a nonenabling                   
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