Appeal No. 2001-0326
Application 09/007,138
This is accomplished by controlling the computer to run a
converter program which converts the input representation (30,
34) into an intermediate representation in a format suitable for
a mechanical design program (42, 44). See Appellant’s
specification Figures 6 and 8, see also page 3, lines 26-34.
Then further controlling the computer to run a mechanical design
program (58) which is adapted to automatically input the
intermediate representation (42, 44), identify and label the
interconnects, and create the output representation (48) in
which the interconnects are labeled (See Appellant’s
specification Figure 10, see also page 3, line 36 through page 4
line 6; page 6, lines: 15-25).
References
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Jimbo et al. 5,517,421 May 14, 1996
Fulcher 5,686,764 Nov. 11, 1997
Stager et al. 5,777,383 July 7, 1998
(filed May 9, 1996)
Rejections at Issue
Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 8-16, 19-24, 26, and 29-31 are rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Jimbo et al.
(hereinafter referred to as “Jimbo”).
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