Appeal No. 2005-1270 5
Application No. 09/798,169
In particular, appellants contend that a “processor,” as defined by the Microsoft
Press Computer Dictionary, Third Edition, published `1997, is a “central processing unit,
microprocessor.” Moreover, the same publication defines a central processing unit to
be a computational and control unit of a computer, which interprets and executes
instructions. A “microprocessor” is defined as a central processing unit on a single
chip.” Therefore, argues appellants, it is clear that a “processor” does not mean “a
system that processes services,” as argued by the examiner. That is, a “processor” is a
device, and not, per se, a system.
Appellants point out that while Houston teaches the creation of an error log in
memory 220 and the copying of that log to non-volatile storage 230 in the disk media,
neither the memory 220 nor the storage 230 is located within a processor of any sort
and is clearly not included within a service processor. Referring to Figure 2 of Houston,
appellants contend that memory 220 and storage 230 are separate from microcontroller
212.
Moreover, appellants argue that Houston teaches nothing about storing data
relating to a fault state in an independent memory that is included within a service
processor and that Houston’s error log is saved in storage that is separate from the
microcontroller. Further, appellants contend that Houston has no teaching about
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