Appeal No. 1999-0261
Application No. 08/703,496
389 U.S. 1057 (1968), rehearing denied, 390 U.S. 1000 (1968).
Accordingly, since the Examiner has not established a prima
facie case of obviousness, the rejection of independent claims
1, 6, and 13, and claims 2, 3, 7-9, 12, 14, and 16-20
dependent thereon, based on Herrig is not sustained.
Turning to a consideration of the Examiner’s 35 U.S.C.
§ 103
rejection of dependent claims 4, 5, 10, 11, and 15 in which
the Parrett reference is added to Herrig, we do not sustain
this rejection as well. It is apparent from the Examiner’s
analysis
(Answer, pages 4 and 5) that Parrett is relied on solely to
address the claimed SCSI and bus initiator features. We find
nothing, however, in the disclosure of Parrett which would
overcome the innate deficiencies of Herrig discussed supra.
In conclusion, since the Examiner has not established a
prima facie case of obviousness, the 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection
of independent claims 1, 6, and 13, and claims 2-5, 7-12, and
14-20 dependent thereon, cannot be sustained. Therefore, the
decision of the Examiner rejecting claims 1-20 is reversed.
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