Appeal No. 96-1229
Application 08/104,819
node, into said tail location in said
second queue of messages, and
(iv) second message receive means for performing a
remote read of said first memory means, by way
of said inter-node network, using said second
head pointer means, to read a message from said
head location in said first queue of messages.
Opinion
We do not sustain the rejection of claims 5-10 as being
unpatentable over Pagé and Johnson.
A reversal of the examiner’s rejection here is not an
affirmative indication that the claims on appeal are
patentable over prior art, even that cited and applied by the
examiner. We focus only on the examiner’s rationale and
stated position for rejecting these claims.
With regard to claim 6, the examiner erred in finding
(answer at 5) that Pagé discloses or suggests use of a message
queue top pointer located in a different node from the node in
which the message queue resides. The examiner stated:
Pagé clearly shows the use of a client with a
pointer to a conversation control block (CCB) chain
including a CCB for a conversation with a server;
and the server with a pointer to a CCB chain
including a CCB for the same conversation and each
participant’s CCB for the conversation with a
pointer to the CCB of the other participant for that
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