Ex Parte AMRO et al - Page 7




                    Appeal No. 2001-0465                                                                                                                                  
                    Application No. 09/070,039                                                                                                                            


                    'evidence'".  In re Dembiczak, 175 F.3d 994, 999, 50 USPQ2d 1614,                                                                                     
                    1617.  "Mere denials and conclusory statements, however, are not                                                                                      
                    sufficient to establish a genuine issue of material fact."                                                                                            
                    Dembiczak, 175 F.3d at 999, 50 USPQ2d at 1617, citing McElmurry                                                                                       
                    v. Arkansas Power & Light Co., 995 F.2d 1576, 1578, 27 USPQ2d                                                                                         
                    1129, 1131 (Fed. Cir. 1993).                                                                                                                          
                              Appellants argue that Nielsen does not relate to any kind of                                                                                
                    cache functions and certainly does not teach or suggest sizing of                                                                                     
                    cache or monitoring of prior transmissions for cache sizing.  See                                                                                     
                    page 4 of Appellants' specification.  Appellants argue that                                                                                           
                    Vishlitzky does not teach or suggest cache sizing based upon                                                                                          
                    monitoring prior transmissions of screened pages.                                                                                                     
                              Upon our review of Appellants' claims, we note that all the                                                                                 
                    claims require monitoring the quantity of disk storage and of RAM                                                                                     
                    used in cache during prior transmission of screened pages.                                                                                            
                    Furthermore, as we pointed out above, this is consistent with                                                                                         
                    Appellants' disclosure.                                                                                                                               
                              Upon our review of Nielsen and Vishlitzky, we fail to find                                                                                  
                    any teaching or suggestion of determining cache size based upon                                                                                       
                    prior transmission of screened pages.  In particular, we note                                                                                         
                    that Vishlitzky is concerned with cache sizing but does not base                                                                                      
                    cache sizing on monitoring the quantity of disk storage and of                                                                                        
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