Appeal No. 97-1206 Page 9
Application No. 08/219,555
20). The memory of Fischer does not replicate data being
transferred from a device, however, and store a separate copy
of the data at separate addresses so that the data are
available independently to each of the processors. The memory
of Fischer employs Queue Descriptors to store data being
transferred between the processors and devices. A single
Queue Descriptor is allocated to each device (col. 5, lines
36-37). Thus, status data from a particular device are not
replicated and stored in separate address spaces for each
processor in Fischer. The status data are stored only at one
address space. Because the invention of claims 1-5 is not
fully disclosed by Fischer, we do not sustain the rejection
based on Fischer.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject
claims 1-5 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
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