Appeal No. 2002-1498
Application No. 09/042,202
alleged to result in faster boot times since initialization is
completed as soon as the chips are out of their reset state
because no time is spent on software operations in a start-up
mode.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for initializing credit in a credit register
used for flow control that is resident on a first node of a
multinode computer system, the method comprising the steps of:
loading an initial credit value into a debit register
resident on a second node of the multinode computer system; and
transferring the initial credit value into the credit
register by using operational mechanisms of the system.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Barkey et al. [Barkey] 6,044,406 Mar. 28, 2000
(filed Apr. 8, 1997)
Claims 1-32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(e) as
anticipated by Barkey.
Claim 14 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112, second
paragraph, as reciting “the step of transferring” on line 61 for
which there is insufficient antecedent basis.
1It appears that the examiner intended to identify line 5 of
claim 14.
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