Appeal No. 1997-1212
Application 08/017,839
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 6) (pages
referred to as "FR__") and the Examiner's Answer (Paper
No. 12) (pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the
Examiner's position and to the Appeal Brief (Paper No. 11)
(pages referred to as "Br__") for Appellants' arguments
thereagainst. The Reply Brief (Paper No. 13) received
January 22, 1996, has not been entered as noted in the
Letter (Paper No. 14) entered April 12, 1996, and has not
been considered.
OPINION
Grouping of claims
Appellants state that "[c]laims 1-12 are directed to a
method for supporting parallelization of a source program"
(Br7), but does not state whether the claims stand or fall
together. The Examiner states that "Appellant groups
claims 1-12 as being directed to a method for supporting
parallelization of a source program and therefore they all
stand or fall together" (EA2). No Reply Brief has been
filed.
While Appellants technically do not comply with Patent
and Trademark Office rules requiring a statement that the
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