Appeal No. 1998-3331 Page 7
Application No. 08/852,842
memory, and an auxiliary DSP with an auxiliary DSP program
memory wherein said auxiliary DSP program memory being mapped
to said main DSP program memory space, a method of digital
signal processing, comprising the steps of: (a) controlling
said main DSP to download processing instructions from said
main DSP memory to said auxiliary DSP memory ... and (c)
controlling said auxiliary DSP to carry out operations to
execute said processing instructions.” Accordingly, claims 1,
2, 4-17, and 19-20 require storing processing instructions for
an auxiliary DSP in a main DSP memory and downloading the
instructions from the main DSP memory to an auxiliary DSP
memory.
The examiner fails to show a teaching or suggestion of
the limitations in the prior art of record. “Obviousness may
not be established using hindsight or in view of the teachings
or suggestions of the inventor.” Para-Ordnance Mfg. v. SGS
Importers Int’l, 73 F.3d 1085, 1087, 37 USPQ2d 1237, 1239
(Fed. Cir. 1995)(citing W.L. Gore & Assocs., Inc. v. Garlock,
Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, 1551, 1553, 220 USPQ 303, 311, 312-13
(Fed. Cir. 1983)). “It is impermissible to use the claimed
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