Appeal No. 2004-1020
Application No. 09/486,908
program. This increase in speed is made possible by an
overlapped buffering scheme.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A data storage device, comprising:
memory cells having stored data with selectable output
addresses;
wherein said storage device responds to a data output
request by outputting said stored data beginning with a selected
output start address;
wherein selectable output start addresses are spaced from
one another such that an amount of data that can be stored
between neighboring output start addresses is smaller than an
amount of data output in response to said data output request.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Pawlowski 5,787,475 Jul. 28, 1998
Claims 1-7 and 9-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e)
as anticipated by Pawlowski.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
A claim is anticipated only when a single prior art
reference expressly or inherently discloses each and every
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