Appeal No. 1999-0294
Application No. 08/727,256
memory location in memory, with the first ECC code
corresponding “to a natural state” of the bus. Since the test
pattern is at least one bit different than a pattern
corresponding to the first ECC code, a memory error is
induced. Only after this happens does the instant claimed
invention permit the subsequent enabling of the ECC
capabilities of the memory controller again.
We do not find these very specifically claimed steps in
Arroyo, nor does it appear that Arroyo ever disables the ECC
generator at any time. We find nothing in the Solomon
reference which remedies this deficiency of Arroyo.
Accordingly, the examiner’s decision rejecting claims 1-
23 under 35 U.S.C. 103 is reversed.
REVERSED
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