Appeal 2007-2016
Application 09/148,392
Appellant has invented a method and a computer product for
determining optimal values of design parameters of a subsystem to meet
design constraints (Specification 3). The design parameters are optimized
based on the parameter functions to satisfy the design constraints (id.).
Claim 1, which is representative of the claims on appeal, reads as
follows:
1. A method comprising:
(a) creating parameter functions for a plurality of circuits in a
subsystem, the subsystem having design constraints, each one of the
parameter functions corresponding to each one of the circuits, the parameter
functions representing a relationship among design parameters of the
subsystem, the design parameters including constraint and optimizing sets;
(b) selecting initial design points on the parameter functions having a
first sum of the constraint set and a second sum of the optimizing set such
that the first sum satisfies the design constraints; and
(c) selecting new design points on the parameter functions such that
the second sum is improved with the design constraints.
The prior art relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the claims on
appeal is:
Jyu US 5,880,967 Mar. 9, 1999
The Examiner rejected claims 1-20 and 22-29 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(e) as anticipated by Jyu.1
We reverse.
1 The rejection over Jyu is the only rejection remaining before this panel as
the Examiner has withdrawn the other rejections indicated in the Final
Rejection in a Supplemental Answer, filed March 17, 2006 (Suppl. Answer
4).
2
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