Ex Parte BRUNING et al - Page 3



                 Appeal No. 2004-1190                                                                                 
                 Application No. 09/286,160                                                                           



                                                    References                                                        
                        The references relied upon by the examiner are:                                               

                        Khosrowpour          5,991,844           Nov. 23, 1999                                        
                        Pinson               6,256,748           Jul. 3, 2001                                         
                                                                 (filed Feb. 12, 1999)                                
                        Bergsten             6,282,610           Aug. 28, 2001                                        
                                                                 (filed Jan. 15, 1999)                                
                        Griffith             6,330,687           Dec. 11, 2001                                        
                                                                 (filed Nov. 13, 1998                                 
                 Missiglia, Paul, “The RAID book, A Storage System Technology Handbook”, 6th                          
                 Edition, (February, 1997), pp. 6, 8, 10, 102, 151-157.                                               

                                                Rejections at Issue                                                   
                        Claims 1, 2, 4 through 8, 11 through 16 and 18 through 20 stand rejected                      
                 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Massiglia in view of                                
                 Khosrowpour.                                                                                         
                        Claims 3 and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                                 
                 unpatentable over Massiglia in view of Khosrowpour and Griffith.                                     
                        Claim 10 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable                          
                 over Massiglia in view of Khosrowpour, Bergsten and Pinson.                                          








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