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not binding precedent of the Board.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 PAUL J. GARNETT,
JAMES E. KING, MARTIN P. MAYHEAD,
AND PETER HEFFERNAN
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Appeal No. 2006-1937
Application No. 10/215,651
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, KRASS, and JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-6 and 9-27.
The invention pertains to computer storage systems. In particular, information
processing cartridges, so-called “blades” –because they resemble rectangular slabs or blades–,
are removably receivable in a rack mountable shelf having a service processor.
Representative independent claim 12 is reproduced as follows:
12. A server blade configured to be removably receivable in a rack mountable
shelf having a service processor, the server blade comprising:
a processor, and
a blade service controller, the blade service controller operable to transmit a
signal to the service processor to identify the server blade as a particular one of a
predetermined set of server blade types.
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