Appeal No. 1998-1113
Application 08/533,878
to the ordered load instruction load being
completed by the instruction execution means,
while execution of load instructions preceding
in the program order the ordered store
instruction need not occur before execution of
the ordered load instruction is completed; or
if an ordered store instruction is detected, the
control means controls the instruction execution
means such that the ordered store instruction is not
executed prior to a store instruction preceding in
the program order the ordered store operation being
completed, while execution of store instructions
subsequent in the program order is allowed.
The Examiner relies on the following reference:
Frailong et al. (Frailong) 5,265,233 Nov. 23, 1993
Claims 1-2, 4-5, and 7-8 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Frailong. Appellants have
indicated that claims currently under appeal fall into three
groups: Group 1, claims 1-2; Group 2, claims 4-5; and Group 3,
claims 7-8. Rather than reiterate all arguments of
Appellants and Examiner, reference is made to the briefs and
answer for the respective details thereof.2
2See the briefs filed August 29, 1997 and October 31,
1997 and answer mailed September 30, 1997. An office
communication was mailed November 13, 1997 stating that the
brief filed October 31, 1997 had been entered.
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