Appeal No. 1996-3365
Application 08/258,357
1. Apparatus for selectively connecting busses
within a first plurality of busses with busses within a second
plurality of busses, comprising:
a first plurality of bus multiplexers including a
bus multiplexer corresponding to each bus within said second
plurality of busses, each one of said first plurality of bus
multiplexers having an output connected to said bus
multiplexer's corresponding bus and having a plurality of
inputs corresponding to each bus within said first plurality
of busses, each one of said inputs being connected to said
input's corresponding bus; and
a parity generation circuit having an output and a
plurality of inputs corresponding to each bus within said
first plurality of busses, each one of said parity generation
circuit inputs being connected to said one of said parity
generation circuit input's corresponding bus; and
wherein each one of said first plurality of bus
multiplexers has an additional input connected to the output
of said parity generation circuit.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Hillis 5,175,865 Dec. 29, 1992 (filed
7/1/91)
Callison et al. 5,206,943 Apr. 27, 1993 (filed
11/3/89)
Claims 1 and 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Hillis in view of Callison.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and
the Examiner, reference is made to the brief and answer for
the respective details thereof.
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