Appeal No. 2005-0001
Application No. 09/268,902
Mitsuhashi teaches a current analysis system which is performed in conjunction
with a CAD program. As the analysis is performed on the computer we find that
the program to perform the analysis, the computer instructions, are inherently in
a computer readable storage media. Accordingly, we sustain the examiner’s
rejection of claims in group E, claims 36-38.
Group F (claim 39)
Appellant argues on page 31 of the brief that that claim 39 is dependent
upon claim 1 and that the arguments in support of claim 1 also apply. Appellant
also argues that the examiner’s rejection fails to provide a particular finding as to
the reasons that one of ordinary skill in the art would be motivated to combine the
references.
The examiner states on page 9 of the answer:
[t]he invention of Mitsuhashi and Huddleston teaches all [of] the features
of the claimed invention except for including a first mode configured to
select a predetermined set of technology parameters in response to a user
input and a second mode configured to generate custom design
technology parameters in response to user input.
Cohen teaches a method and system for generating a mask layout
of an optical integrated circuit wherein parameters entered by the user to
construct the mask layout, such as device name, core width, and path
lengths (Figures 4A-G), are entered by the user in response to a prompt.
Cohen also teaches that the parameters are shown in a window with
default (i.e. predetermined) values allowing the user to enter custom
parameters or select the predetermined default parameters (column 8,
lines 48-65 and column 15, lines 52-65).
It would have been obvious … to modify the invention of Mitsuhashi
and Huddleston to include a first mode configured to select a
predetermined set of technology parameters in response to a user input
and a second mode configured to generate custom design technology.
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