Appeal 2007-0959
Application 10/082,893
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Appellant invented a method and system for transferring data from a
host memory to an Ethernet device. Specifically, data is transferred directly
to the Ethernet device without storing the data in the embedded memory of
an adapter that includes the Ethernet device. Such a technique improves
transmit performance by eliminating the need to copy the data to the
embedded memory.1 Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A method comprising:
transferring data from a host memory to an Ethernet device; and
processing the data without sending the data from the host memory to
an embedded memory associated with an adapter that includes the Ethernet
device.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art reference to show
unpatentability:
Davis US 6,324,609 B1 Nov. 27, 2001
The Examiner’s rejection is as follows:
Claims 1-30 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being
anticipated by Davis.
Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellant or the Examiner, we
refer to the Briefs and the Answer for their respective details. In this
decision, we have considered only those arguments actually made by
Appellant. Arguments which Appellant could have made but chose not to
make in the Briefs have not been considered and are deemed to be waived.
See 37 C.F.R. § 41.37(c)(1)(vii).
1 See generally Specification 7:19 - 8:2.
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