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. 18Page: Previous 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007