Appeal No. 1999-0011
Application No. 08/428,812
7. Furthermore, Bossen recognizes the problem of time delays
in error detection and correction, the same problem which
Appellants are solving in their invention. See column 1,
lines 15 to 18. Bossen's system is also designed to provide a
new and improved multiple bit correcting system to avoid the
time delays. It is applicable to data transmission and
storage and especially to parallel data processing systems
such as digital computer memories, data paths and other
important paths that require a high degree of protection
against the introduction of errors. See column 1, lines 27 to
33. Bossen also discloses that the use of Hamming codes was
well known, see column 1, lines 8 to 13. Therefore, it would
have been obvious to an artisan, for the solution of the
problem of time delays in error checking and correcting, to
replace the parallel decoders of Bossen with Hamming code
decoders. Thus, we agree with the Examiner's overall
statement of the rejection that, as claimed, the recited
limitations of claim 1 are obvious over Bossen. Therefore we
sustain the rejection of claim 1 and its group claims 2 to 7
over Bossen.
Claim 8 to 10
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