Appeal No. 2000-1513
Application No. 08/829,088
1. A method for isolating a fault condition on a bus of a
computer system, the computer system including an input/output
(I/O) subsystem formed by a plurality of I/O devices
communicating via the bus, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) categorizing, in a recursive manner, the I/O subsystem;
(b) forming an error log based on the categorizing; and
(c) isolating a source of an error condition within the I/O
subsystem.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Hausauer et al. [Hausauer] 5,790,870 Aug. 4, 1998
(filed Dec. 15, 1995)
Claims 1-20, 23-25 and 27-30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
102(e) as anticipated by Hausauer.
Reference is made to the brief and answer for the respective
positions of appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
At the outset, we note that the claims reproduced in the
appendix to the brief comprise a claim 23, dependent on a
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