Ex parte CHEN et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1998-2579                                                        
          Application 08/350,195                                                      


               retrieving from said disk-array and transmitting to said               
          client said identified subset of video streams so as to                     
          minimize buffer space required by said server for storage of                
          video data; and                                                             
               wherein rate staggering is employed to store data                      
          corresponding to different data rates of a video clip into                  
          different disks in said disk array.                                         

          The examiner relies on the following references:                            
          Birk                 5,510,905     Apr. 23, 1996                            
          (filed Sep. 28, 1993)                                                       
          P. Lougher et al. (Lougher), “Scalable Storage Servers For                  
          Digital Audio and Video,” Storage and Recording Systems, 5-7                
          April 1994, Conference Publication No. 402, pages 140-143.                  
          Claims 1, 4, 7, 8 and 10 stand rejected under 35                            
          U.S.C.                                                                      
          § 103.  As evidence of obviousness the examiner offers Lougher              
          in view of Birk.                                                            
          Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the                       
          examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answer for                
          the respective details thereof.                                             
          OPINION                                                                     
          We have carefully considered the subject matter on                          
          appeal, the rejection advanced by the examiner and the                      
          evidence of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support              

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