Appeal No. 2005-2273 Page 8
Application No. 10/319,026
it would be so recognized by persons of ordinary skill.'" In re Robertson, 169 F.3d 743,
745, 49 USPQ2d 1949, 1950-51 (Fed. Cir. 1999) (quoting Continental Can Co. v.
Monsanto Co., 948 F.2d 1264, 1268, 20 USPQ2d 1746, 1749 (Fed. Cir. 1991))
"Inherency . . . may not be established by probabilities or possibilities. The mere fact
that a certain thing may result from a given set of circumstances is not sufficient." In re
Oelrich, 666 F.2d 578, 581, 212 USPQ 323, 326 (CCPA 1981) (citing Hansgirg v.
Kemmer, 102 F.2d 212, 214, 40 USPQ 665, 667 (Cust. & Pat.App. 1939)).
Here, Karp "relates to a computer system utilizing vector memory operations to
exchange data with memory." Col. 1, ll. 6-7. More specifically, the "computer
system 20 . . . comprises a processor 22 which is connected to a memory 24 and
peripheral devices 26 with a multiple signal system bus 30. The processor 22
preferably includes a high speed cache memory." Col. 3, ll. 23-29. For its part, "[t]he
memory 24 . . . is made up of various types of memory, including a primary or main
memory. . . . The memory 24 stores data and instructions for one or more programs
that implement a desired task or calculation on the computer system 20." Id. at ll. 29-
37. The reference collectively characterizes the aforementioned memories as a
"memory hierarchy 46." Id. at l. 66.
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