Appeal No. 96-1620
Application No. 07/938,288
As explained supra, with regard to claim 9, the CPUID
of Kurihara is used to distinguish between other processors
on a network and does not identify a particular type of
processor. Moreover, although claims 15 and 22 are method
claims, claim 15 still requires “…the contents of a
microprocessor ID memory element within said microprocessor
that includes microprocessor ID data indicative of
microprocessor type…” and claim 22 requires “a
microprocessor ID memory element storing microprocessor ID
data including data fields that identify the microprocessor
type,” wherein such “microprocessor ID data” is an important
part of the claimed method.
As explained supra, neither Durst nor Kurihara
discloses or suggests such “microprocessor ID data” which
uniquely identifies the microprocessor in use in the
particular computer system of interest. It follows,
therefore, that neither reference nor a combination of them
can disclose or suggest the claimed method for identifying a
microprocessor that is a member of a set of compatible
microprocessor families.
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