Ex parte DAN et al. - Page 11




          Appeal No. 96-3294                                                          
          Application 08/055,422                                                      

          skill in the art at the time of the invention would have known              
          to have preferred a higher read-to-write ratio because a more               
          frequently read file was a better candidate for more frequent               
          access" (EA6).  As discussed in connection with claim 1, the                
          Examiner has not established the obviousness of implementing a              
          plurality of buffer management policies based on the                        
          read/write ratio; therefore, modification of a policy based on              
          read/write ratios is not persuasive.  The Examiner has failed               
          to establish a prima facie case of obviousness with respect to              
          claim 10.  The rejection of claim 10 is reversed.                           




















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