Ex Parte COULSON et al - Page 7



          Appeal No. 2003-1505                                                        
          Application No. 09/218,037                                                  
          optimization of access performance of a disk by a host processor,           
          and therefore the deficiencies of Chen as discussed above have              
          not been overcome.  Accordingly, we do not sustain the 35 U.S.C.            
          § 103 rejection of claims 1-3, 12-15, 26, 28 and 29-34 over Chen            
          and Jacobson.                                                               
               With respect to the rejection of the remaining claims, the             
          Examiner further relies on Ciotti, Pinheiro, Rowan, Glaser and              
          Lecourtier.  However, none of these references overcomes the                
          deficiencies of Chen, alone or in combination with Jacobson, as             
          discussed above with respect to claim 1.  Therefore, the 35                 
          U.S.C. § 103 rejection of claims 4-11, 16-25 and 27 cannot be               
          sustained.                                                                  














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