Appeal No. 2000-1260
Application 08/518,852
additional peripheral status or configuration storage
registers and a novel software driven means for
dynamically reconfiguring the system without user
interaction. The system of the present invention
includes means for determining the peripheral status
and updating the configuration data to permit use of
the computer to begin without executing a user prompted
initialization sequence or requiring manual switches or
jumpers to be reset each time the user changes
environments.
See column 1 lines 53-64 of Garner.
Upon reviewing both Bertram and Garner supra, we find
nothing in either reference that supports the Examiner’s position
that either of these references teach the limitations of claim 26
as previously discussed.
In addition, Appellants argue that “[t]he Combination of the
Bertram and Garner References Does Not Suggest Retrieving a
Second Set of Configuration Data in Response to an Automated
Determination That a First Set Of Configuration Data Was Not
Successfully Used For Configuration”. See page 14 lines 24-27 of
the Brief. The Appellants further argue that the combination of
Bertram and Garner “would still use Bertram’s manual indication
to configure using the ROM-based default configuration data,
whereas appellants’ claims recite computer-implemented steps that
avoid this manual indication.” (Emphasis added). See page 15
lines 8-10 of the Brief. Appellants also argue that “[t]he
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