Ex parte HOTTA et al. - Page 10




          Appeal No. 2000-1356                                                        
          Application 07/979,772                                                      


          51, 52, 53 and 55.                                                          
               Regarding the dependent claim 54, this corresponds to                  
          dependent claim 40 since an artisan would recognize that the                
          phrase “to control the execution sequence of ... instructions”              
          (claim 40) is  equivalent to the phrase “controlling the                    
          timing of execution of ... instructions” (claim 54).                        
          Therefore, we sustain the obviousness of rejection of claim 54              
          for the same rational as for claim 48 and claim 40.                         
               Claim 56                                                               
               Contrary to Appellants’ arguments [brief, pages 20 and                 
          reply brief 2 to 6], Lee shows first storage means as main                  
          memory 14 and second storage means as cache 112 (fig. 3).  In               
          other respects, the above discussion regarding claim 38                     
          equally applies here.  Consequently, we sustain the                         
          obviousness rejection of claims 56 and 57 over Lee.                         




               With respect to dependent claims 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, and               
          63, they respectively include limitations corresponding to                  
          those in dependent claims 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 and 46.                        
          Therefore, for the same rationale as claim 56 and the noted                 
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