Appeal No. 2000-1187 Page 3
Application No. 08/723,174
Representative independent claims 1 and 5 are reproduced as
follow:
1. An apparatus for selecting a device when said device is
a target of a configuration query comprising:
at least a bus bridge having a slot for attaching a
device; and
at least a logic gate connected between said bridge and
said slot for selecting said device when said device is a
true target of said configuration query.
5. An apparatus for selecting a device when said device is
a target of a configuration query comprising:
at least a bus bridge having a slot for attaching a
device, said bus bridge driving 32 address data lines
wherein one of said 32 address data lines is used to enable
said device only when said device is a target of said
configuration query, said one of said 32 address data lines
being a data line reserved to indicate a selected bus.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Cohen et al. (Cohen) 5,737,524 Apr. 7, 1998
Claims 1, 5, 6, 10, 11 and 15 through 17 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being unpatentable over Cohen.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
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