The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte Michael B. Jacobson
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Appeal No. 2006-1332
Application No. 09/548,687
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
A patent examiner rejected claims 1-6 and 9-22. The appellant appeals
therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
The invention at issue on appeal concerns distributed data processing. In some
computer systems, storage controllers are connected between a host and storage
devices. Each storage controller is associated with, and responsible for the control of, a
particular group of storage devices. Although each storage controller is familiar with the
status of its associated storage devices, it is unaware of the existence or status of the
storage devices associated with the other storage controllers. Consequently, the host
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