Appeal No. 2000-1356
Application 07/979,772
instructions based on the conflict information.” This
argument is not commensurate with the scope of claim 38.
Claim 38 does not recite the execution of instructions based
on the conflict information. On the other hand, we agree with
the Examiner [answer, page 7] that “the last paragraph [of
claim 38] does not mention anything about parallel execution.
It only says ‘based on [said] information.’ This may be that
... it will be executed in a pipelined manner ... based on the
information output from
the cache.” We find that the Examiner’s position is
consistent with the meaning of pipeline processing as defined
by the Computer Dictionary, third edition, Microsoft Press,
which states that “pipeline processing” is “[a] method of
processing on a computer that allows fast parallel processing
of data.” Therefore, we sustain the obviousness rejection of
claim 38 over Lee.
Regarding claim 40, in Lee, the information stored in
cache 112 is clearly used to control the sequence of
instructions flowing to the processor 116. Therefore, we
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