Appeal 2007-0018
Application 10/107,262
The phase accumulator in Hu clearly increments a phase value
because it increments the phase value stored in latch 9 with the frequency
control word (the phase increment value) every clock cycle. The abstract
does not suggest otherwise: it simply says that the output frequency is
determined by the size of the phase increment.
Importantly, it is noted that "incrementing a phase value, if said phase
value is to be incremented" is not tied in with the rest of claim 1. Claim 1
does not otherwise mention phase values or how the phase value or
incremented phase value is to be used. Claim 1 does not say that the phase
value is incremented in response to decoding of the instruction. Thus, Hu
meets this limitation.
CONCLUSION
The rejection of claims 1-30 is reversed.
REVERSED
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