Appeal No. 1998-1802
Application 08/245,786
We consider first the rejection of claims 1-4, 10-14
and 20 based on the teachings of Lange and Capozzi. Claims 1-
3, 10-13 and 20 stand or fall together as a single group
[brief, page 11]. With respect to independent claims 1 and
11, the examiner basically finds that Lange teaches all the
features of these claims except for the cache being an L2
cache and the cache controller and the memory controller being
integrated. The examiner cites Capozzi as teaching the
integration of a cache controller and a memory controller into
a single unit. The examiner concludes that it would have been
obvious to the artisan to integrate the cache controller and
memory controller of Lange based on the teachings of Capozzi.
The recitation of an L2 cache is dismissed since multiple
caches were conventional in the art [answer, pages 3-4].
Appellants argue that neither Lange nor Capozzi
teaches the claimed feature of “providing a stop memory
operation signal directly from said cache controller to said
memory controller concurrent with a determination that said
information is in said L2 cache” [brief, pages 14-15].
After a careful consideration of the complete record
in this case, we agree with the position argued by appellants.
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