Appeal No. 1999-0320
Application No. 08/426,751
request storage means, coupled between the microprocessor
and a shared system bus, for storing at least two requests
from the microprocessor, wherein the requests are directed at
devices which are coupled to the microprocessor over the
shared system bus;
associated storage means, coupled to the request storage
means, for storing data associated with a request when said
request is a request to write said data to a memory location
specified in the request;
control logic means, coupled between the microprocessor
and the shared system bus for indicating to the microprocessor
that the request has been accepted by the device to which the
request is directed, whether or not the device is ready to
accept the request, so long as the request storage means is
available to store the request; and
means for outputting a request from the request storage
means to the shared system bus when the device to which the
request is directed and the shared system bus are ready to
accept the request.
The reference relied upon by the examiner is:
Bouchard et al. (Bouchard) 5,333,296 Jul. 26,
1994
Claim 13 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Bouchard. 1
1Although the Sakai et al. patent (U.S. Patent No.
5,377,342) is relied on by the examiner to support the position
on appeal (see page 4 in the answer, Paper No. 23), this
reference does not appear in the statement of the above
rejection. Where a reference is relied on to support a
rejection, whether or not in a minor capacity, there is no
2
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