Appeal No. 1997-4071
Application No. 08/047,511
of the memory sections in accordance with the specific data
processing function to generate each sentence entry.
On page 6 of the answer, the Examiner argues that
Stinson's memory inherently must have stored a function and
must have a memory section associated with each function data.
The Examiner argues that because sentences are stored by
various functions by virtue of the notes as taught by Stinson,
each sentence is associated with the function producing the
sentence.
As pointed out by our reviewing court, we must first
determine the scope of the claim. [T]he name of the game is
the claim." In re Hiniker Co., 150 F.3d 1362, 1369, 47 USPQ2d
1523, 1529 (Fed. Cir. 1998).
We note that Appellants' claims recite more than having a
function being associated with data. For example, Appellants'
claim 20 requires
a memory divided into plural sections, each section
being associated with a specific data processing
function, for selectively storing sentence entries
in each of the memory sections in accordance with
the specific data processing function used to
generate each sentence entry (emphasis added).
Thus, Appellants' claim requires that the memory is divided
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