Appeal No. 2005-2512
Reexamination Control No. 90/006,431
As explained at page 7-1, which does not indicate that the discussion is specific to
RailMill, the ChipViewer graphical user interface consists of:
· Operation Menu (control)
· Display Controls (control)
· Reference Window (information)
· Layer Attribute Controls (control)
· Chip Layout Display Window (information and control)
· Cursor Coordinate Window (control)
· Console Window (information)
Also, although most of Chapter 7 (“ChipViewer”) discusses using ChipViewer to display
RailMill simulations, it also discusses PowerMill at page 7-9, wherein it explains that a
PowerMill simulation yields a display of the dynamic current, voltage, and power
distributions.
However, to the extent the Arcadia Manual discloses the RailMill power net
simulation engine, associated transistor network simulation engine, and use of
ChipViewer to display the RailMill output information, it discloses the same subject
matter that is disclosed and claimed in the ‘952 patent. For example, the “ShowSim”
software that is credited by the Arcadia Manual (at page 7-7) with “open[ing] an
interactive link to RailMill” corresponds to module “showsim.c” at pages 30-44 of the
software Appendix to the ‘952 patent. Therefore, for reasons like those given above in
the discussion of the RailMill documents we hold that Ho’s testimony is sufficient to
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