Appeal No. 2003-1505
Application No. 09/218,037
David M. Jacobson et al. (Jacobson), “Disk scheduling algorithms
based on rotational position,” HP Laboratories Technical Report,
HPL-CSP-91-7rev1, 1995.
Joseph Ciotti (Ciotti), “Mapping The Globe,” Aerospace Lab
Publication, 1997.
Claims 1-3, 12-15, 26, 28 and 29-34 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Chen.
Claims 1-3, 12-15, 26, 28 and 29-34 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Chen and Jacobson.
Claims 4-7 and 16-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Chen or Chen and Jacobson and further
in view of any one of Ciotti or Pinheiro.
Claims 8-11, 21-25 and 272 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Chen or Chen and Jacobson and
further in view of any one of Rowan, Glaser or Lecourtier.
We make reference to the answer (Paper No. 24, mailed
February 28, 2003) for the Examiner’s reasoning and to the appeal
brief (Paper No. 23, filed December 26, 2002) and to the reply
brief (Paper No. 25, filed April 28, 2003) for Appellants’
arguments thereagainst.
2 We observe that claim 27 recites “a host computer” in the preamble,
consistent with that of claim 26. Therefore claim 27 should probably be
dependent upon claim 26, instead of claim 25, and be rejected on the same
basis as claims 26 and 28.
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