Appeal No. 1999-2050 Page 7
Application No. 08/576,544
reasonable interpretation, the limitations recite activating a
memory's select lines, which are arranged in parallel.
Ben-Efraim teaches the limitations. The reference
discloses a memory as "a plurality of shift register
segments 34, 36, 38 and 40 having different lengths." Col. 3,
ll. 9-11. Select lines are associated with each segment; the
lines are arranged in parallel. Specifically, Ben-Efraim
shows a line extending from the right side and another line
extending from the left side of each segment. Fig. 2. The
lines are shown as being in parallel. Furthermore, the lines
are activated to select each segment. Specifically, "[t]he
interleaver 30 is operated by using the switches 52 and 54 to
sequentially select the segments 34, 36, 38 and 40." Col. 3,
ll. 27-29 (emphasis added).
Accordingly, we are persuaded that Ben-Efraim discloses
the limitations of "activating parallel-arranged select lines
of a memory ...." Therefore, we affirm the rejection of
claims 1-5 as anticipated by Ben-Efraim.
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