Ex Parte Walls et al - Page 2

                Appeal 2006-2281                                                                               
                Application 09/974,555                                                                         
                which are configured at a master computer.  A compatible specific operating                    
                configuration for the slave computers is communicated across the network to                    
                each of the plurality of slave computers.                                                      
                      We affirm.                                                                               
                      Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and it reads as follows:                        
                      1.  A method for configuring a plurality of networked slave computers                    
                to cooperate to collectively render a display comprising:                                      
                      specifying, at a master computer, compatible operating configuration                     
                for each of the plurality of slave computers; and                                              
                      communicating, across the network, the specified configuration to                        
                each of the plurality of slave computers.                                                      
                      The Examiner relies on the following prior art reference to show                         
                unpatentability:                                                                               
                Ludtke   US 6,501,441 B1  Dec. 31, 2002                                                        
                                                                    (filed Jun. 18, 1999)                      
                      Claims 1-19, all of the appealed claims, stand rejected under 35                         
                U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Ludtke.                                                
                      Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the Examiner,                      
                reference is made to the Briefs and Answer for the respective details.  Only                   
                those arguments actually made by Appellants have been considered in this                       
                decision.  Arguments which Appellants could have made but chose not to                         
                make in the Briefs have not been considered and are deemed waived [see 37                      
                C.F.R. § 41.37(c)(1)(vii)].                                                                    





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