Appeal No. 97-2477
Application 08/212,908
The Rejections on Appeal
Claims 1-24 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first paragraph, as being without written description support
in the specification as filed.
Claims 1-24 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Dunn and Watkins.
The Invention
The invention is directed to a method for graphically
designing a digital device (claim 1) and a method for
capturing a digital device as a behavioral description and for
converting the behavioral description to a structural
description (claim 11). Independent claims 1 and 11 are
reproduced below:
1. A method for graphically designing a digital
device, comprising the steps of:
identifying a fixed and limited number of
descriptors which behaviorally describe any
digital device to be designed;
placing symbolic icons representing at least two
of said descriptors upon a graphic display and
operationally connecting said icons with an arc
placed therebetween; and
using a pull-down menu activated from said
placed icons, thereafter defining a list of
2
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