Appeal No. 97-2472 Page 8
Application No. 08/223,770
Similar to claim 15, the other independent claims, viz.,
claims 1 and 8, specify a program register for storing a value
that sets an address location of the index register. This
language similarly is neither taught nor suggested by Fung in
view of Faucher. Because the examiner has not established a
prima facie case, the rejection of claims 1-18 over Fung in
view of Faucher is improper and is reversed.2
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject
claims 1-18 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
2Our reversal of the rejection of claims 1-18 is based only on the disclosures
of Faucher and Fung. It should not prevent the examiner from finding and applying a
reference that teaches expressly the storing of a value that sets an address location of
an index register as claimed.
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