Appeal No. 1997-4127 Page 7
Application No. 08/044,241
a selector ... providing a first signal at
an enabling value to said enable input of said ROM
and a second signal at a disabling value to said
enable input of said flash EPROM when a cycle is
executed to said primary boot code and said selector
providing a disabling value on said first signal and
an enabling value on said second signal when a cycle
is executed to said other boot code or said other
system code.
The examiner’s interpretation of the limitations as merely
requiring “two memory devices ... that are enabled and
disabled in a mutually exclusive manner,” (Examiner’s Answer
at 5), disregards relationships set forth in the claims. We
interpret the limitations as selecting between a ROM, which
stores primary
boot code, and a flash EPROM, which stores other code, based
on whether access is sought to the primary boot code or the
other code.
The examiner fails to show a teaching of the limitations
in Stewart. We agree that the reference teaches two memory
devices, viz., a boot card memory and a motherboard boot
memory. Col. 5, ll. 34-36. The examiner has not shown,
however, that (1) the devices respectively store primary boot
code and other code or (2) the devices are selected based on
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