Appeal No. 2006-0637
Application 10/122,251
storing a copy of said system state information and said
value used to verify integrity of said system state information
in a non-volatile storage unit;
entering said sleep mode of operation;
receiving an indication to enter a normal mode of operation;
and
determining if integrity of said system state information
stored in said volatile memory is maintained, wherein if said
integrity of at least a portion of said system state information
in said volatile memory is not maintained then the method further
comprises the step of:
reloading at least a portion of said system state
information stored in said non-volatile storage unit into said
volatile memory.
The reference relied on by the examiner is:
Atkinson 6,694,451 Feb. 17, 2004
(filed Dec. 7, 2000)
Claims 6 through 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as
being directed to non-statutory subject matter.
Claims 1 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Atkinson.
Reference is made to the briefs and the answer for the
respective positions of the appellants and the examiner.
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