Appeal No. 2001-0164
Application No. 08/885,379
In addition, the Examiner takes the position that the return
step (214) discussed in column 11, line 47 of Bealkowski is the
same as repeating "the aforementioned sequential search of the
possible operating system sources" recited in claim 1. See
Examiner's Answer on page 5, lines 6-12. An examination of
Figure 6B, column 4, lines 8-9, and in column 11, lines 38-60 of
Bealkowski demonstrates that the return step (214) is within a
single source, such as the fixed disk. The sequence attempts
ninety-nine times to read a boot record from the fixed disk.
Each time an error occurs within an attempt the sequence returns.
However, once all sources are checked and none are found to be
both operational and have a valid boot format, the CPU does not
"repeat the aforementioned sequential search of the possible
operating system sources" as recited in claim 1. Rather,
Bealkowski discloses in column 10, lines 1 through 4 that the
system halts.
Thus, we find that Bealkowski does not recite the step of
"if all sources are checked and none are both operational and has
a valid boot format, having the CPU repeat the aforementioned
search of the possible operating system sources" recited in claim
1.
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