Appeal No. 2004-0909 Page 7
Application No. 09/053,398
instruction that specifies the type of the instruction . . . and the structure of the data on
which it operates." Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary 279 (2d ed. 1994)(copy
attached). In short, persons skilled in the art would have known that an opcode is a part
of an instruction.
The claim excludes instructions from the contents transferred from the registers.
Accordingly, we are unpersuaded that Sites’ transferring of instructions or parts of
instructions would have suggested the claimed limitations. Therefore, we reverse the
obviousness rejection of claim 1; of claims 2-7, which depend therefrom; of claim 8; of
claims 9-14, which depend therefrom; of claim 15; of claims 16-20, which depend
therefrom; of clam 21; and of claims 22-26, which depend therefrom.
CONCLUSION
In summary, the rejection of claims 1-26 under § 103(a) is reversed.
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