Appeal No. 1999-2398
Application No. 08/825,427
operation, wherein an address generated by executing the
first operation and data produced by executing the second
operation are combined for dispatch to memory as a single
operation.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Matsuo et al. (Matsuo) 5,313,644 May 17,
1994
(filed Nov. 28, 1990)
Popescu et al. (Popescu) 5,487,156
Jan. 23, 1996
(filed Dec. 5, 1990)
Claims 1 through 5, 7 through 11, 13 through 28, 30
through 34, 36 through 46, 48 through 52 and 59 through 66
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Matsuo in view of Popescu.
Reference is made to the briefs (paper numbers 27 and 29)
and the answer (paper number 28) for the respective positions
of the appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us,
and we will reverse the obviousness rejection of the claims on
appeal.
The examiner acknowledges (answer, page 4) that “Matsuo
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