Appeal No. 2006-1595
Application No. 09/798,484
library configuration for hardware modeling simulation in the system of Burgoon
to enable modeling the hardware in a higher level language [answer, page 19].
The examiner also cites Hellestrand as teaching second logic specifying a
first configuration of the library when a stand-alone source code simulation is to
be performed [answer, page 19]. The examiner also cites Martinolle as teaching
implementing C functions that are impossible to perform in HDL [answer, page
19]. The examiner then concludes that it would have been obvious to the skilled
artisan at the time of the invention to include second logic specifying a first
configuration of the library when a stand-alone simulation is to be performed so
that modeling could be implemented in a higher-level language such as C and
enabling functions to be implemented that are otherwise impossible to implement
in HDL [answer, pages 19 and 20].
The examiner further cites Shinde as teaching specifying a second
configuration of the library when a mixed-language simulation is to be performed
where different configurations enable the library to be used for stand-alone
source code simulation and for mixed-language simulation [answer, page 20].
The examiner then finds that it would have been obvious to the skilled artisan at
the time of the invention to include specifying a second configuration of the
library when a mixed-language simulation is to be performed where different
configurations enable the library to be used for stand-alone source code
simulation and for mixed-language simulation to allow verifying the correctness of
the hardware using multiple models [answer, page 20].
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