Appeal No. 2002-1491 Application 08/845,526 Gharachorloo et al. (“Gharachorloo”) 5,488,684 January 30, 1996 Schulmeiss 5,717,847 February 10, 1998 Jia et al. (“Jia”) 5,726,896 March 10, 1998 Sherman et al. (“Sherman”) 5,734,756 March 31, 1998 The Rejections on Appeal Claims 1, 2, 6, 8 and 13-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Jia, Gharachorloo, Luken, and Schulmeiss. Claim 7 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Jia, Gharachorloo, Luken, Schulmeiss, and Sherman. Claims 9 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Luken, Jia, Schulmeiss and Sherman (Answer at 2). Claims 16, 18 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Luken, Jia, and Schulmeiss. Claims 20-24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Luken and Gharachorloo. Claim 25 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Luken, Gharachorloo, and Oha. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007