Appeal No. 1997-3839
Application No. 08/120,144
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to reset recovery in a microprocessor controlled
device. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. A method for recovering control of a microprocessor controlled device
affected by a reset condition, the device having volatile memory containing
predetermined data and state information, the method comprising the steps
of:
evaluating the volatile memory for the predetermined data;
initializing all locations of the volatile memory when the predetermined
data is not present; and
initializing only predetermined locations of the volatile memory when
the predetermined data is present.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Nagasawa 4,658,352 Apr. 14, 1987
Hamilton et al. (Hamilton) 4,819,237 Apr. 04, 1989
Claims 1, 3 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being unpatentable over
Hamilton. Claims 2 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Hamilton. Claims 5-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being
unpatentable over Nagasawa.
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