Appeal No. 2000-1363
Application No. 08/848,374
5. A computerized system comprising:
a non-volatile memory storing a plurality of configuration
settings;
a modification component operatively coupled to the memory
to permit changes to be made to the configuration settings; and,
a recordation component operatively coupled to the memory to
maintain a chronologically ordered history file of changes
previously made to the configuration settings.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Harada et al. (Harada) 5,497,490 Mar. 05, 1996
ASUS, PVI-486AP4 User's Manual, 1994, pp. 1-1 to 1-13 and 3-1 to
3-35.
Claims 1 through 19 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over ASUS in view of Harada.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 15,
mailed February 11, 2000) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejection, and to appellants' Brief (Paper
No. 14, filed December 6, 1999) for appellants' arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
As a preliminary matter, we note that appellants, on page 5
of the Brief, indicate that the claims should stand or fall
according to the following groups: (1) claims 1, 2, and 4,
2
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