Appeal No. 2000-1363
Application No. 08/848,374
Harada's I/O adapter configuration settings are configuration
settings, and the claims do not specify an entire set of
configuration settings. Instead, each of the independent claims
recites "a plurality of configuration settings." Appellants
argue (Brief, page 8) that in Harada, "stored system
configurations are restored without any input from the user
unless no configuration settings consistent with the current
computer I/O adapter configurations can be found in stored I/O
adapter configurations." Also, appellants state that in Harada
"no stored configuration can be selected by the user." As to the
configurations being restored without user input, only
independent claims 1 and 16 even mention the user. Furthermore,
only claim 1 requires user selection of stored settings.
Therefore, appellants' argument is only relevant to claim 1 and
is discussed with respect to claim 1 infra.
Regarding claims 1, 5, and 13, appellants argue (Brief, page
8) that Harada fails to teach or suggest chronologically ordered
sets of stored configurations. In addition, appellants contend
that Harada stores settings, but not changes made to the
settings. We disagree with both arguments.
Harada (column 4, lines 41-44) teaches that whenever a new
configuration of unit attachments is formed, corresponding system
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