Appeal No. 97-2979 Page 8
Application No. 08/219,553
SCSI standard to obtain such a result as disclosed
by Appellants. (Reply Br. at 4-5.)
We agree with the appellants’ explanation. The examiner
fails to identify a controller in the references that
initiates status requests. For the foregoing reasons, the
examiner failed to show that Fischer and ANSI teach or would
have suggested a controller as in independent claim 1 and its
dependent claims. Therefore, we find the examiner’s rejection
does not amount to a prima facie case of obviousness. Because
the examiner has not established a prima facie case, the
rejection of claims 1-3 over Fischer in view of ANSI is
improper. Therefore, we reverse the rejection of the claims
under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
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