Appeal No. 2003-0186 Application No. 09/033,529 arbitrating between the expedite and non-expedite requests; and processing the non-expedite requests for a guaranteed number of clock cycles in the monitoring window. References Barnaby et al. 6,006,303 Dec. 21, 1999 Horan et al. 5,936,640 Aug. 10, 1999 Hogg et al. 5,463,624 Oct. 31, 1995 Rejections at Issue Claims 1, 3 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by Barnaby et al. Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over Barnaby et al. in view of Horan et al. Claims 5, 6, 15-21 and 29-35 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over Barnaby et al. in view of Hogg et al. Claims 22-25, 36-39 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over Barnaby et al. in view of Hogg et al. and Horan et al. Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the examiner we make reference to the appeal brief and the examiner’s answer for the respective details thereof. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007