Appeal No. 1998-0147
Application 08/446,278
positively recited in a claim must be given effect in order
to determine what subject matter that claim defines").
Kramer
Kramer discloses that the memory preferably consists of
a bubble memory (col. 2, lines 25-28). An advantage of
bubble memory is that it is non-volatile (col. 3,
lines 50-53). Kramer states (col. 4, lines 1-5): "The
memory 22 is preferably organised so as to appear to be a
circular shift register of the required size and is clocked
at the same speed, controlled by the memory control clock
36, during recording and replay. One 'bit' is presented to
the memory at a time." Kramer does not disclose storing
data according to addresses and, since data is presented in
a serial manner to a serial storage arrangement (a circular
shift register), Kramer does not use addresses. The
Examiner provides no reasons to modify the arrangement in
Kramer. Accordingly, the Examiner has failed to establish a
prima facie case of obviousness with respect to independent
claims 1, 10 and 15. The rejection of claims 1-16 and 23-32
over Kramer is reversed.
Kondo
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