Appeal No. 2001-0326
Application 09/007,138
circuit design program into an output representation in a
format suitable for a package design program, comprising the
steps of:
a converter program which converts the input representation
into an intermediate representation in a format suitable for
a mechanical design program; and
a mechanical design program which is adapted to
automatically input the intermediate representation,
identify and label the interconnects, and create the output
representation in which the interconnects are labeled.
We note that claims 12 and 23, the only other independent claims,
recite similar limitations, as do the rest of the appealed
claims, being the dependent claims.
On page 4, first column, third paragraph of the Examiner’s
Answer, the Examiner admits that Jimbo fails to teach “conversion
of a circuit design format to a package design output format”.
The Examiner provides an unsupported rationale that it would be
obvious to “convert data into formats suitable for use by
particular CAD tools for easy design data management, this
capability would extend to include the conversion from a format
necessary for circuit design application programs (one CAD tool)
to a format necessary for a package design program (another CAD
tool)”. The Examiner asserts that a package design program is a
CAD tool. Further on page 4, second column, fifth paragraph of
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