Appeal No. 2001-2236
Application 07/955,669
single bit of the SCSI data bus is asserted to indicate the
initiator device selecting itself as a target; and if any single
bit of the SCSI data bus is asserted, the separate target device
responding on the SCSI bus" (emphasis added) because Coulson
requires that the target device determines whether a specific bit
corresponding to the initiator device is asserted.
(1)
As to limitation (1), the Examiner finds that Coulson
teaches "the separate target device not being assigned a SCSI
address (abstract)" (EA4) and that "Coulson [c]learly teaches the
addressless target selection (e.g.[,] col. 2, lines 46-68 and
col. 8, lines 18-64[)], Coulson accomplishes the targetless [sic,
addressless] selection by sharing ID or bit number and by using
self selection and sharing the address of a device with ID with a
device that doesn't have an ID, adding [to] the number of devices
connected to the SCSI [bus] (see col. 2, lines 64-68)" (EA6-7).
The Examiner's real position appears to be as follows (EA7):
"Examiner asserts that Coulson does not assign an address to the
additional device connected to the SCSI [bus], the additional
device merely asserts the address of the device that has an
address assigned to [it] (see col. 8, lines 24-63). Examiner
concludes that [] merely sharing an address does not equate to
assigning an address to the additional device."
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