Ex parte COOPER - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1999-0294                                                        
          Application No. 08/727,256                                                  


          unpatentable over Arroyo in view of Solomon.                                
               Reference is made to the brief and answer for the                      
          respective positions of appellant and the examiner.                         





                                       OPINION                                        


               We reverse.                                                            


               The primary reference to Arroyo was cited in the instant               
          specification as being indicative of systems that require the               
          memory controller to be modified to include specialized                     
          hardware for testing the ECC logic embedded therein.  As                    
          pointed out in the specification, page 3, these systems were                
          deemed, by appellant, to be deficient in failing to provide a               
          universal system for testing the ECC capabilities of                        
          unmodified ECC memory controllers.                                          
               It is the examiner’s position that Arroyo discloses a                  
          method of verifying ECC capabilities of a memory controller                 
          wherein the memory controller controls access to a memory                   
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