Appeal No. 1999-1563
Application 08/509,619
said bus;
at least one I/O device;
at least one application program, said application
program residing in said main memory for execution on said
central processing unit, said application program using
facilities provided by said I/O device; and
an I/O framework mechanism, said I/O framework mechanism
residing in said main memory for execution on said central
processing unit, said I/O framework mechanism being used to
manage and control said I/O device, said I/O framework
mechanism further comprising core function and extensible
function, said core function being designed such that said
core function is not to be subject to modification by a
consumer of said framework mechanism, said extensible function
being designed such that said extensible function can be
customized and extended by said consumer.
The Examiner relies on the following reference:
Maeurer et al (Maeurer) 5,301,323 Apr. 5,
1994
Lemon et al (Lemon) 5,379,431 Jan.
3, 1995
Shing et al (Shing) 5,495,610 Feb.
27, 1996
Nguyen 5,544,302 Aug. 6,
1996
Claims 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 26, 27,
29, and 30 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable
over Lemon.
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