Appeal No. 1997-1264
Application 07/882,560
words, the reinitialization occurred due to a fault condition
of the computer even though the error was transient in nature.
The CPU of Guziak is not intended to be reset when the CPU is
operating in a fault-free state because Guziak desires to
resume operations at the point where operations were
interrupted when there is fault-free operation. Hence, we
find that Guziak fails to disclose the initialization of the
CPU regardless of whether the CPU is operating in the fault-
free state or the fault state as recited in claim 1. We also
find that Guziak does not disclose a “notice of
initialization” because the NMI signal of Guziak is not
necessarily followed by an initialization.
Since all the features of independent claim 1 are not
present in Guziak, we do not sustain the rejection of claim 1
as anticipated by the disclosure of Guziak. Independent
claims 16 and 69 also recite a “notice of an impending
initialization” and the initialization of the CPU or reset of
the computer in both the fault-free operating state and in the
fault operating state. Therefore, we do not sustain the
rejection of independent claims 16 and 69 for the same reasons
discussed above with respect to claim 1.
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