Appeal No. 97-4408
Application No. 08/579,314
group may be used as a reference to update and synchronize
the reserved areas in data storage units of another logical
group, based upon said first values of said current and next
logical groups.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Katz et al. 5,195,100 Mar. 16, 1993
(Katz) (filed Mar. 2, 1990)
Williams (EP) 482,853 A2 Apr. 29, 1992
(filed Oct. 18, 1991)
Claims 18 through 39 stand provisionally rejected under
the judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double
patenting as unpatentable over claims 1 through 10 and 18 of
copending application Serial No. 08/404,941.2
Claims 18 through 22, 28 through 33 and 39 stand further
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Katz in
view of Williams.
Reference is made to the brief and answer for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner.
2Since this application has now matured into U.S. Patent
No.5,590,276, it would appear that the double patenting
rejection is no longer “provisional,” in nature.
3
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