Ex Parte HORNUNG et al - Page 7




          Appeal No. 2002-0278                                                        
          Application 08/797,674                                                      


          In re Lee, 277 F.3d 1338, 1344, 61 USPQ2d 1430, 1435 (Fed. Cir.             
          2002).                                                                      
               Upon the reliance of the declaration of Bryan Hornung, we              
          find that the commercial activity described in the information              
          disclosure statement of April 30, 1997 did not include all the              
          elements of the claimed invention.  Therefore, we will not                  
          sustain the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1 through 13, 15                 
          through 18 and 24 through 32 under 35 U.S.C. § 102 based upon a             
          public use or sale of the invention.                                        
          Rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by Tan                 
               Appellants point out that claim 1 recites a request                    
          activation queue for storing request information until the rings            
          are accessible; a response activation queue for storing response            
          information until the memory access controller is accessible;               
          wherein the request information is used to construct request data           
          packets; and the response information is used to construct                  
          response data packets.  Appellants similarly point out that claim           
          24 requires storing request information in a request queue until            
          the rings are accessible; storing the response information in a             
          response queue until the memory access controller is accessible;            
          constructing request data packets from the request information              
          when system resources are available; and constructing response              
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