Appeal No. 96-3697
Serial No. 08/255,304
The Prior Art
Edelman discloses the AAPC tool referred to in the
above discussion of appellants’ invention.
Robinson discloses a system and method for
generating computer programs for use in parallel processor
arrangements from a user generated block diagram of the
program.
The Rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103
Appellants have not specifically argued the
patentability of claims 2-14, indicating how they define
appellants’ invention over the prior art. Accordingly, claims
2-14 stand or fall with independent claim 1. In re Nielson,
816 F.2d 1567, 1570, 2 USPQ2d 1525, 1526-27 (Fed. Cir. 1987).
With respect to claim 1, the examiner’s position is
that Edelman discloses a processing array wherein the system
comprises addresses having a global portion (node address) and
a local portion (page 1, col. 1). The reassignment of data
items correlates to the transposing process. The intermediate
arrangement is the address as it exists after the initial
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