Ex parte TOMINAGA et al. - Page 18




          Appeal No. 2001,0712                                                        
          Application 08/148,887                                                      


          Hitchcock, we find that contrary to the Examiner's assertion,               
          the means binding all abstract elements to the pieces of                    
          hardware fails to meet this claim limitation. It is noted all               
          of the appealed independent claims require such allocation                  
          pattern generating means.                                                   




























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