Appeal No. 96-3850
Application No. 08/253,480
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Treu 5,245,615 Sep.
14, 1993
Sato et al. (Sato) 5,291,585 Mar. 01,
1994
New prior art:
Siewiorek, D.P., et al., "Computer Structures: Principles and
Examples", McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, NY (1982).
(Siewiorek)
Claims 1 through 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Treu in view of Sato.
Reference is made to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 14,
mailed April 3, 1996) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to the appellant's brief (Paper
No. 13, filed January 30, 1996) and reply brief (Paper No. 15,
filed June 3, 1996) for the appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the claims, the applied
prior art references, and the respective positions articulated
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