Appeal No. 1999-2252
Application 08/780,790
Although Appellants have failed to specifically argue
these claims, Appellants include these dependent claims in30
their list of appealed claims.
We note that although the Examiner cites the Amini
reference in the first sentence of this rejection, the
Examiner's Answer, the final rejection, and the Office action
immediately preceding the final rejection, do not mention 31
Amini or point to any specific section of this reference
relied upon by the Examiner for this rejection.
Claim 3 depends upon claim 1, and claim 8 depends upon
claim 6. Our analysis of Amini shows this reference
disclosing a DMA controller relevant to the additional claim
limitations presented in dependent claims 3 and 8, and not the
claim limitations we found above to be in claims 1 and 6 and
not in Druschel, Krieger and Aichelmann.
The statements by the Examiner in regard to this
rejection do not address the limitations found lacking in
claims 1 and 6. Therefore, we will not sustain the
30Brief, page 3, section III.
31Paper No. 15.
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