Appeal No. 2006-1332 Page 3
Application No. 09/548,687
if the first processor is not the appropriate processor to process the
request, the first processor forwarding the request to the appropriate
processor in the multi-processor storage controller, the appropriate
processor being responsible for data access tasks associated with a
second storage device coupled to the multi-processor storage controller.
4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein identifying an
appropriate processor in the multi-processor storage controller includes
applying a striping process that distributes data access tasks between the
first processor and the second processor.
Claims 1-3 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by U.S.
Patent No. 5,239,643 ("Blount"). Claims 1-3, 5, 9, 10, 12-18, 20, and 21 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as anticipated by U.S. Patent No. 6,453,354 ("Jiang").
Claims 4, 6, 11, 19, and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as obvious over
Jiang and U.S. Patent No. 6,128,762 ("Jadav").
II. OPINION
Our opinion addresses the rejections in the following order:
• rejection of claims 1-3 and 5 by Blount
• rejection of claims 1-3, 5, 9, 10, 12-18, 20, and 21 by Jiang
• rejection of claims 4, 6, 11, 19, and 22 over Jiang and Jadav.
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