Appeal No. 2006-0721 Page 3
Application No. 10/113,458
5. A method comprising:
enabling, by a first device, a second device to perform one or more
pending operations; and
prior to the enabling of the second device to perform the one or
more pending operations, determining, by the first device, whether a
change has occurred to a first set of resources associated with the first
device;
wherein the second device is associated with a second set of
resources comprised in the first set of resources, and the first set of
resources is allocated to the first device by a processor after the first
device has held off a configuration cycle initiated by the processor.
Claims 1-30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a) as anticipated by Intel
Corporation, MROMB Design Considerations Using the Intel 80303® I/O Processor
Application Note ("MROMB Note").
II. OPINION
At the outset, we remind the appellants that in a specification "[a] brief summary
of the invention indicating its nature and substance, which may include a statement of
the object of the invention, should precede the detailed description. Such summary
should, when set forth, be commensurate with the invention as claimed and any object
recited should be that of the invention as claimed." 37 C.F.R. § 1.73. "The brief
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