Appeal No. 1999-2747
Application 08/757,979
storing to and retrieving data from remaining portions of
the array, wherein the step of setting a flag comprises
setting a set invalid bit in a flag field of a line in the
storage array.
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Lefsky et al. (Lefsky) 5,019,971 May 28, 1991
McClure 5,708,789 Jan. 13, 1998
(filed Sep. 20, 1996)
Handy, The Cache Memory Book, ISBN 0-12-322985, (Academic
Press, Inc. 1993). pages 158-161
Claims 1-5, 9-14, 18 and 20-21 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Lefsky when taken
with McClure and Handy.
Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellants or the
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Examiner, we make reference to the Brief, Reply Brief, and
Answer for the respective details thereof.4
OPINION
After a careful review of the evidence before us, we
agree with the Examiner that claims 1, 4, 5, 10, 13, 14 and
20-21 are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Lefsky,
2The Brief was received February 1, 1999.
3The Reply Brief was received May 27, 1999.
4The Answer was mailed March 25, 1999.
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