Appeal No. 2006-1056
Application No. 10/606,514
access request is found in either column 3, lines 10-15, of
Nizar, describing the monitoring of temperature and determining
that the temperature is approaching the thermal specification, or
the “summing” of dissipated power, such dissipated being
proportional to the temperature estimate, for the reasons supra,
with regard to the independent claims.
Nizar clearly teaches determining if a temperature estimate
exceeds a temperature threshold. See column 3, lines 10-15,
where Nizar describes monitoring the temperature of the device to
determine if it is approaching, or is “outside” (e.g., exceeds)
its thermal specification.
If the temperature estimate exceeds the thermal
specification in Nizar, then a throttle state for reducing access
is initiated, i.e., an access request budget is imposed.
Thus, we find that Nizar does describe each and every
element of claims 2, 14, and 26, and we will sustain the
rejection of these claims under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e).
With regard to claims 3, 15, and 27, these claims recite the
processing of the access request without an access request budget
if the temperature estimate does not exceed the temperature
threshold.
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