Ex parte MANN - Page 3




                 Appeal No. 96-3978                                                                                                                     
                 Application No. 08/092,628                                                                                                             


                 specifying a duration of the memory access on an access-by-                                                                            
                 access basis so as to make a duration of the memory access                                                                             
                 cycle compatible with the access speed of at least the                                                                                 
                 semiconductor memory devices of the selected memory unit.                                                                              



                          The Examiner relies on the following references:                                                                              
                 Morgan                                       4,980,850                                             Dec. 25,                            
                                                                                                                    1990                                
                                                                                         (Filed May  14, 1987)                                          
                 Bowater et al. (Bowater)  5,301,278                                                                Apr. 05,                            
                                                                                                                    1994                                
                                                                       (Effectively filed Apr. 29,                                                      
                                            1988)                                                                                                       
                          Claims 21-26 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103                                                                     
                 as being unpatentable over Bowater in view of Morgan.  Rather                                                                          
                 than reiterate the Arguments of Appellant and the Examiner,                                                                            
                 reference is made to the Briefs  and Answer for the respective2                                                                              
                 details.                                                                                                                               
                                                                     OPINION                                                                            
                          We have carefully considered the subject matter on                                                                            




                          2The Appeal Brief was filed September 14, 1995.  In                                                                           
                 response to the Examiner’s Answer dated June 7, 1996, a Reply                                                                          
                 Brief was filed June 27, 1996 which was acknowledged and                                                                               
                 entered by the Examiner without further comment on April 1,                                                                            
                 1997.                                                                                                                                  
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