Appeal No. 1997-3818
Application 08/208,517
(a) the claimed "data processing apparatus" is read
on data multi-processor integrated circuit 100 (Figs. 1 and
2);
(b) the claimed "external port" is read on external
memory interface 302 (Fig. 8); and
(c) the claimed "interface circuitry" is read on
transfer controller 80 (Figs. 2 and 8).
C. The references, rejections, and level of skill in the art
The rejections are based on the following prior art:
Grants et al. (Grants) 4,281,392 July 28, 1981
Kinoshita 5,113,369 May 12, 1992
Bowater et al. (Bowater) 5,301,278 Apr. 5, 1994
(filed Apr. 23, 1992)
Claims 1-4 stand rejected under § 103 for
obviousness over Bowater in view of Grants. Claims 11 and 12
stand rejected under § 103 for obviousness over Bowater in
view of Grants and Kinoshita.
The level of skill in the art is represented by the
references. See In re Oelrich, 579 F.2d 86, 91, 198 USPQ 210,
214 (CCPA 1978) ("the PTO usually must evaluate both the scope
and content of the prior art and the level of ordinary skill
solely on the cold words of the literature"); In re GPAC Inc.,
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