Appeal No. 1996-3076
Application 08/118,773
operation, 1988 ACM Sigmetrics Conference,
May 24-27, 1988, pp. 197-206.
Claims 1, 2, 10, 16, 23, and 26 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(a) as being anticipated by Dieter.
Claims 1, 2, 4-7, 9 -17, 20-24, and 26 stand rejected3
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Wade and
Dieter.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 24) and the
Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 31) (pages referred to as
"EA__") for a statement of the Examiner's position and to
the Appeal Brief (Paper No. 30) (pages referred to as
"Br__") for a statement of Appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
Anticipation
The Examiner provides claim charts for independent
claims 1 and 10. These charts could be more detailed and
responsive to Appellant's arguments. We will supplement the
claim charts with our own findings. It is noted that while
It is noted that claim 9 depends from canceled3
claim 8.
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