Appeal No. 97-1213 Page 2
Application No. 08/459,561
The invention pertains to a method for transferring data
between a computer bus and a peripheral bus using an interface
device, the nature of which is apparent from a review of
independent claim 51 reproduced as follows:
51. A method for transferring data between a computer
bus and a peripheral bus using an interface device coupled
between said computer bus and said peripheral bus, said method
comprising the steps of:
receiving from said computer a request for an nth datum;
reading and storing into said interface device said nth
datum from said peripheral bus; and
reading and storing into said interface device an n+1th
datum from said peripheral bus before said computer bus
transmits a request for said n+1th datum, said n+1th datum
having an address adjacent to an address of said nth datum
read from said peripheral bus.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Barrett et al. [Barrett] 5,136,692 Aug.
4, 1992
Claims 51 and 52 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Barrett.
Reference is made to the brief and answer for the
respective positions of appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
We affirm.
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