Appeal No. 1998-1506 Application No. 08/302,695 However, the examiner's focus on individual bits within an address is misplaced, as the claim requires a different mapping function for each memory bank. As explained above, each column, or memory bank, of Melton uses the same matrix, and thus the same mapping function. Accordingly, we cannot sustain the rejection of claim 1 or its dependents, claims 2 through 5. 5Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007