Appeal No. 1996-2195 Application 08/120,911 said second data among said main cache and said receive cache; and said main cache controller further responding to a memory read request provided by said sending unit for send data so as to supply the send data from the main cache to the sending unit. The Examiner relies on the following references: Watkins et al. (Watkins) 5,247,648 Sept. 21, 1993 (filed Apr. 30, 1992) Segers 5,249,282 Sept. 28, 1993 (filed Nov. 21, 1990) Claims 39 through 44, 46 through 51, 53 through 74 and 78 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatent- able over Watkins in view of Segers. Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the Examiner, reference is made to the briefs and answer 2 for the respective details thereof. 2Appellants filed an appeal brief on July 3, 1995. Appellants filed a reply brief on November 22, 1995. The Examiner mailed a communication on January 23, 1996 stating that the reply brief has been considered and no further re- sponse by the Examiner is deemed necessary. 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007