Appeal No. 2003-0376
Application 09/364,281
error is detected in a particular hardware partition among said
plurality of hardware partitions that is assigned a particular
data stream among said plurality of data streams to process, said
hashing selection circuit reassigns said particular data stream
to at least one other of said plurality of hardware partitions by
changing the address hash implemented by the hashing circuit.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Walter et al. (Walter) 4,933,940 June 12, 1990
Edwards et al. (Edwards) 5,649,090 July 15, 1997
Eberhard et al. (Eberhard) 5,713,001 Jan. 27, 1998
Claims 1-3, 5-9, 11-15, 17 and 18 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a). As evidence of obviousness the examiner
offers Walter in view of Eberhard with respect to claims 1, 3,
5-7, 9, 11-13, 15, 17 and 18, and Edwards is added to this
combination for claims 2, 8 and 14.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the
examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answer for the
respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejections advanced by the examiner and the evidence
of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support for the
rejections. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into
consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellants’
arguments set forth in the briefs along with the examiner’s
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