Appeal No. 1997-0556
Application No. 08/286,265
comparator means for comparing the address tags sensed by
the N amplifier circuits with the tag compare address to produce a match
signal; and
multiplexer means controlled by the set compare result and
match signal for selecting as a cache output either a write data bit from the
buffer circuit or a data bit sensed from the memory array.
1
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Rosich 5,224,214 Jun. 29, 1993
Patterson et al. (Patterson), “Computer Architecture: A Quantitative
Approach”, Chapter 8.3, pp 408-417, published by Morgan Kaufmann
Publishers, Inc. (1990)
Claims 19-30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Rosich in view of Patterson.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 12, mailed Aug. 7, 1996) for the examiner's reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to the appellants’ brief (Paper No. 11, filed May 13, 1996) for the
appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
1We note that the examiner lists Rosich ‘660 and Stamm ‘918 on page 4 of the answer as new
prior art, but does not rely upon these references in the rejection or response to arguments. Similarly,
these references form no part of our consideration.
3
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007