Ex parte HARPER et al. - Page 6




          Appeal No. 96-1921                                                          
          Application No. 08/225,158                                                  


          issuing the instruction intending it to be processed by VTAM,               
          and causes the method set forth in claim 10 to be carried out,              
          bypassing VTAM.                                                             
               Since the prior art referenced by the examiner relates to              
          VTAM, while the instant claims are directed to bypassing VTAM,              
          there is no anticipation of the instant claimed invention by                
          the cited prior art.   More specifically, we find nothing in                
          the prior art cited that suggests step (e) of the method                    
          recited in claim 10.  There is no conversion, in the prior art              
          cited, of the outgoing data stream to an incoming data stream               
          by modifying the RECEIVE request’s RPL portion to include the               
          address of the buffer memory where the SEND request’s data                  
          portion is stored.                                                          
               Accordingly, the examiner’s decision rejecting claims 10               
          and 11 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a) or (b) is reversed.                         


                                      REVERSED                                        







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