Appeal No. 2001-2477
Application No. 09/099,384
microprocessor which, in turn, directly probes the caches. The lack of written description support
rejection of claims 12 through 24 is, therefore, reversed because appellants’ disclosure
(specification, pages 26, 29, 34, 41, 42 ) clearly provides written description support for the
questioned phrase by stating that the microprocessor 20 executes the probe command by locating the
block in its cache.
DECISION
The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1, 2 and 4 through 24 under the first paragraph
of 35 U.S.C. § 112 is affirmed as to claims 1, 2 and 4 through 11, and is reversed as to claims 12
through 24. Accordingly, the decision of the examiner is affirmed-in-part.
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