Appeal No. 2001-0820
Application No. 09/128,832
Claim 33 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
33. A computer storage medium comprising a stream of stored instructions for execution
on a digital data processing device, the stream of instructions comprising:
at least one first instruction which is a branch target and which is uncompressed; and
at least one second instruction following the branch target which is compressed.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Louie et al. (Louie) 4,547,849 Oct. 15, 1985
Lumelsky et al. (Lumelsky) 4,823,286 Apr. 18, 1989
Yokota 5,652,852 July 29, 1997
(filed Oct. 17, 1994)
Claims 21, 29 and 31 through 33 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Yokota.
Claims 22 and 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Yokota in view of Louie.
Claim 23 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Yokota in
view of Lumelsky.
Reference is made to the final rejection (paper number 10), the answer (paper number 17)
and the briefs (paper numbers 16 and 18) for the respective positions of the appellants and the
examiner.
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