Ex Parte Brewer - Page 4



            Appeal No. 2007-0028                                                                              
            Application No. 10/694,277                                                                        

                   The references relied on by the examiner are:                                              
            Krause et al. (Krause)                5,590,285                 Dec. 31, 1996                    
            Templin et al. (Templin)         5,781,550                       July 14, 1998                    
            Wright, Jr. et al. (Wright)            5,857,201                 Jan.   5, 1999                   
            Brewer                               6,657,999                 Dec.  2, 2003                    
            (filed Mar. 31, 1997)                                                                             
            Hoffman et al. (Hoffman), ‘‘IEEE 1394: A Ubiquitous Bus,” IEEE, 1995, pages                       
            334 through 338.                                                                                  
            Finlayson et al. (Finlayson), “A Reverse Address Resolution Protocol,” Request                    
            For Comments: 903, Stanford University, June 1984, pages 1 through 4.                             
                   Claims 30 through 37, 42 through 46, 49 and 50 stand rejected under the                    
            judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting as being                         
            unpatentable over claims 1 through 15 of Brewer in view of Templin.                               
                   Claims 30, 31, 42 through 45, 49 through 60, 66 through 69, 73 and 74 stand                
            rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Templin in view of                   
            Finlayson.                                                                                        
                   Claims 32, 35, 36 and 61 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being                  
            unpatentable over Templin in view of Finlayson and Krause.                                        



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