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`11/205.121
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`Jun Haishima
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`276900US90
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`OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT,P.C.
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`11/205,121
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`BradfordA. Rodgers-Farmer
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`HAISHIMA, JUN
`Art Unit
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`4141 |
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`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, evenif timely filed, may reduce any
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`1)KX] Responsive to communication(s) filed on 17 August 2005.
`2a)L] This action is FINAL.
`2b)[X] This action is non-final.
`3)L1 Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`6) Cc] Other: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`Disposition of Claims
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`4)E] Claim(s) 1-3 is/are pending in the application.
`4a) Of the aboveclaim(s)
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`5)L] Claim(s)__ is/are allowed.
`6)X] Claim(s) 1-3 is/are rejected.
`7) Claim(s)____ is/are objected to.
`8)LJ Claim(s)__ are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`Application Papers
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`9)LJ Thespecification is objected to by the Examiner.
`10)X] The drawing(s)filed on 17 August 2005 is/are: a)[X] accepted or b)[[] objected to by the Examiner.
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`11) The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PTO-152.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12)X] Acknowledgmentis madeof a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 1 19(a)-(d) or (f).
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`b)L_] Some * c)[_] Noneof:
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`2.0.) Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
`3.0 Copiesofthe certified copies of the priority documents have beenreceivedin this National Stage
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`* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`Attachment(s)
`1) kK] Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`2) [_] Notice of Draftsperson’s Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
`3) BX] Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date 8/17/2005;1/25/2008 .
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`4) C Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date.
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 08-06)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application/Control Number: 11/205,121
`Art Unit: 4141
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`Page 2
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`Claims 1-3 are pending.
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`The examiner has acknowledged the applicant's priority to Japanese
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`1.
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`2.
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`Patent Application No. 2004-245377filed on August, 25, 2004.
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`Specification
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`3:
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`The applicant's specification appears to be in proper order. However,it has not
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`been checked to the extent necessary to determine the presence ofall possible minor
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`errors. Applicant's cooperation is requested in correcting any errors of that the applicant
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`may become awareofin the specification.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`4.
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that
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`form the basis for the rejections under this section madein this Office action:
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless —
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`(b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in public
`use or on sale in this country, more than one year prior to the date of application for patent in the United
`States.
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`Claims 1 and 2 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated by
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`Owadaet al (Odwada) (United States Patent NO.58601 22).
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`As Per claim 1 Odwadateaches:
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`An information process device comprising:
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`a first memory device for storing a boot program executed when the
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`information process device is started to operate; a mother board on which
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`the first memory device is provided;(Odwada, Col 2 lines 35-42,
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`“According
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`to a first aspect of the present invention, a backup unit comprisesafirst storage
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`means containing at least one program and a setup file in which the operating
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`environmentof this program is written) Wherein the first storage means is the
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`first memory device as claimed and the setup file is the program whichis
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`executed. Furthermore a motherboard is an inherent feature of all computers;
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`a second memory devicefor storing an application program, the second
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`memory device being connected to the mother board; (Odwada, Col 1 lines
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`5-7, The present invention relates to a backup unit having a countermeasure
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`against a fault in an external storage unit, such as a hard disk drive ...) Wherein
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`the harddrive is the second memory device as claimed;
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`a control device for executing a fault inspection program to inspect
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`whetheror not a fault occurs in the second memory device; wherein the
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`fault inspection program is stored in the first memory device; (Odwada, Col
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`3 lines 5-8, According to a fourth aspectof the present invention, the above-
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`mentioned backup unit further comprises a fault detecting means for detecting a
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`fault in the first storage means. );
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`and wherein the contro! device executes the fault inspection program when
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`the information process deviceis started to operate. (Odwada, Col 3 lines 9-
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`11,Whena fault is detected in the first storage means by the fault detecting
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`means, the switch means selects the second storage means as a storage means
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`for booting) Wherein the fact that it detected the problem during booting must
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`mean thatit is running whenthe deviceis started.
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`As Per claim 2 claim 1 is incorporated and further Odwada teaches:
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`wherein the first memory device is a ROM provided on the motherboard,
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`wherein the second memory device is a hard disk which is independent
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`from the mother board, and wherein the contro! device executes the fault
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`Application/Control Number: 11/205,121
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`inspection program stored in the ROM to inspect whetheror not the fault
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`occursin the hard disk. (Odwada, Col 8 lines 29-41 In the first and second
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`embodiments of the invention, the duplication and conversion unit 31, the system
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`loading switch unit 32, the setup file correction detector 33, and the HDD fault
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`detector 34 are implemented by software, i.e., programs loaded to the central
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`control unit 30. However, these constituents may be implemented by hardware.
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`Further, when these constituents are implemented by software, their programs
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`may be stored in the HDD 10.
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`In addition, a program for generating the system
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`loading switch unit 32 may be stored in a ROMin the information processor. )
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`Si
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basisforall
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`obviousnessrejections setforth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described as set
`forth in section 102 ofthis title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and
`the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obviousatthe time the
`invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains.
`Patentability shall not be negatived by the mannerin which the invention was made.
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`Claim 3 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Owada et
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`al (Odwada) (United States Patent NO.5860122) in view of Pascal et al (Pascal) (United
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`States Patent NO. 5971851).
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`As Per claim 3 claim 1 is incorporated and Odwada does not specifically
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`teach that the information process deviceis utilized as a gaming machine for
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`business use.
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`However the analogous art of Pascal teaches the abovelimitation. (Pascal Col 1
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`lines 11-15, Game machines ... However, these machines occasionally malfunction
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`and enterinto a lock up state, ceasing all functions and leaving the player stranded. ).
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`Therefore it would have been obivious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the
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`time the invention was madeto combine the teaching of Pascal into the invention of
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`Owadato create a fault tolerant gaming machine, because one ofordinary skill would
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`have recognized the benefit of preventing players from having to " either abandon the
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`machine after a few attemptsat “fixing” the machine, or wait for an attendant's
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`assistance.” (Pascal Col 1 lines 15-18).
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`Conclusion
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`6.
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`Anyinquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to Bradford A. Rodgers-Farmer whose telephone number
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`is (571) 270-3888. The examiner can normally be reached on Mondayto Thursday
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`Application/Control Number: 11/205,121
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`/Bradford A Rodgers-Farmer/
`Examiner, Art Unit 4141
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`Notice of References Cited
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`Application/Control No.
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`Applicant(s)/Patent Under
`Reexamination
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`US-5,860,122 A
`01-1999
`Owada etal.
`711/162
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`US-5,971,851 A
`10-1999
`Pascal et al.
`463/24
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`US-6,449,735 B1
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`Edwards etal.
`714/25
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`US-2004/0078697 A1
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`Duncan, William L.
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`Wang, Chien-Chih
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`714/042
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`714/036
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`Notice of References Cited
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`Index of Claims
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`Application No. 11/205,121
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`IN THE SPECIFICATION
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`ABSTRACT
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`An information processing device and associated methodology are provided for
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`inspecting a program fault. A first memory stores a boot program executed when the
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`information processing deviceis initiated for operation. A second memory device is
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`provided for storing an application program. A control device executes a fault inspection
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`program to inspect whetheror not a fault has occurred in the second memory device. The
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`fault inspection program is stored in the first memory device andis initiated upon
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`initialization of the information processing device.
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`Application No, 11/205,121
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`IN THE CLAIMS
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`Please amendthe claimsas follows:
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`Claim 1 (Original): An information process device comprising:
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`a first memory device for storing a boot program executed when the information
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`process deviceis started to operate;
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`a mother board on whichthe first memory device is provided;
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`a second memorydevice for storing an application program, the second memory
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`device being connected to the mother board;
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`acontrol device for executing a fault inspection program to inspect whether or not a
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`fault occurs in the second memory device;
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`wherein the fault inspection program is stored in the first memory device; and
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`wherein the control device executes the fault inspection program whenthe
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`information process deviceis started to operate.
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`Claim 2 (Original): The information process device according to claim 1, wherein the
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`first memory device is a ROM provided on the mother board,
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`wherein the second memory device is a hard disk which is independent from the
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`mother board, and
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`wherein the contro! device executes the fault inspection program stored in the ROM
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`to inspect whether or not the fault occurs in the hard disk.
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`Claim 3 (Original): The information process device according to claim 1, wherein the
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`information process deviceis utilized as a gaming machine for businessuse.
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`Claim 4 (New): A gaming machineutilizing an information process device, the
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`Application No. 11/205,121
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