Appeal No. 1999-2216
Application 08/805,399
argued, that it would have been obvious to replace the main
memory 12 in the event of a failure and to locate the
flag 15 or 25 in the replacement main memory. The flag 15
in Shinjo, when set, prevents the main memory 12 from being
used for an IPL; the main memory 12 is only used for IPL
(the booting process) when the flag is reset. The system
starts up in the quick start mode because flag 15 is set,
and the contents of the backup memory 13 (the remote
loadsource DASD) are copied into main memory 12 (the local
loadsource DASD). There is no step of resetting the flag
(indicator) such that the main memory 12 (the local
loadsource DASD) can be utilized for IPL, nor is there a
step of performing an IPL after copying ) there is no need
for an IPL because the state immediately after the system is
booted is restored by the copy process. The Examiner admits
that Shinjo does not show resetting the indicators (FR4),
but says nothing about performing an IPL after resetting the
indicator and copying.
Having arrived at this point in the analysis, we fail
to understand how the Examiner proposes to modify Shinjo to
arrive at the claimed invention. There is no step in Shinjo
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