Appeal 2007-1604
Application 09/966,064
Although Alcorn is silent regarding providing drivers for multiple
different operating systems, Nakagiri teaches storing printer drivers for
multiple different operating systems in the same ROM (Nakagiri, col. 5, ll.
15-26; Fig. 2).
The issue before us, then, is whether the skilled artisan would have
stored drivers for multiple different operating systems in Alcorn’s ROM in
view of the teachings of Nakagiri. We answer this question in the
affirmative.
Based on the record before us, we find that the skilled artisan would
have had ample reason to store drivers for multiple different operating
systems in Alcorn’s ROM essentially for the reasons stated by the Examiner.
Appellants’ argument that coupling Alcorn’s casino game to an external
peripheral device that transfers drivers to the system such as that suggested
by Nakagiri “would seem to be a security risk” since such a transfer “could
bypass the security features of the casino game”3 is merely speculative.
Appellants have offered absolutely no evidence on this record to support this
assertion. In any event, this argument is simply not germane to the reason
why the Examiner cited the Nakagiri reference.
The Examiner relied on Nakagiri merely to show that it is well known
to store drivers for multiple operating systems in a single ROM device -- not
for transferring drivers to Alcorn’s system via an external device.4 Based on
Nakagiri’s fundamental teaching, we find the reference strongly suggests
storing drivers for multiple operating systems in the ROM device of Alcorn
-- a ROM device which likewise stores drivers.
3 See Br. 15 (emphasis added).
4 See Answer 4, 6, and 7.
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