Appeal No. 1996-2481 Page 11
Application No. 07/828763
which is part of the invention. A handle includes a logical
block sequence number, which indirectly references a region
within a physical block of memory. The handle is dereferenced
inter alia by determining the physical block that corresponds
to the logical block sequence number. (Spec. at 13.) Storing
a logical number in the physical block would obviate the need
to translate the logical block number to a physical block
number. Accordingly, the appellants’ reliance on this
limitation for patentability is not persuasive.
Second, the appellants argue, “the Hoel patent only
describes one numbering system for logical patches ....”
(Appeal Br. at 16.) The examiner responds, “[t]he basis of
any map between logical and physical entities requires
identification of the two entries which [sic] correspond.
Hoel addresses this at a number of places ....” (Examiner’s
Answer at 8.)
We find that claims 16-18 do not define over Hoel. The
claims specify in pertinent part the following limitations:
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