Appeal No. 2006-0721 Page 10
Application No. 10/113,458
have been changed before the first device enables a second device to perform
additional operations.
2. Anticipation Determination
As explained regarding claim 1, supra, the MROMB Note discloses that the IOP
changes the space reserved for the I/O controller in response to the host relocating the
base address originally assigned to the IOP's BAR. A skilled artisan knows that the IOP
must first determine that the base address originally assigned to its BAR has been
relocated before it responds to the relocation. We agree with the examiner's finding that
the IOP's determining that the base address originally assigned to its BAR has been
relocated teaches the first device's determining whether resources allocated thereto
have been changed as claimed.
As also explained regarding claim 1, supra, the reference further discloses that
its IOP responds to the relocation of the address originally assigned to its BAR by
changing of the space reserved for the I/O controller. A skilled artisan knows that such
a change must be performed before the I/O controller is enabled to perform additional
operations; the I/O controller's proceeding before making the change cold lead to errors.
Therefore, we affirm the rejection of claim 5 and of claims 6, 7, 12-14, 19-21, and 25-
30, which fall therewith.
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