Ex Parte 4918645 et al - Page 42




         Appeal No. 2006-2217                                                       
         Reexamination Control Nos. 90/006,789 and 90/007,420                       



         ** Claims 6 and 17 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as                
         unpatentable over "Multibus II," "82C08," "51C64H," "AP-97A," and          
         "iSBC MEM/3xx," further in view of Bruce.                                  

         * Whether there is motivation to combine the references is a               
         question of fact drawing on the factors of Graham v. John Deere            
         Co., 383 U.S. 1, 17-18, 148 USPQ 459, 467 (1966).  See McGinley            
         v. Franklin Sports, Inc., 262 F.3d 1339, 1351-52, 60 USPQ2d 1001,          
         1008 (Fed. Cir. 2001).  Motivation ***                                     





























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