SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRE-FETCHING FOR POINTER LINKED DATA STRUCTURES - Patent 1320801

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EP 1 320 801 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	19.12.2002

(43)	Date of publication:
	25.06.2003 Bulletin 2003/26

(21)	Application number: 01975464.7

(22)	Date of filing: 26.09.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 9/38

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0130/225

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0202/7481 (04.04.2002 Gazette 2002/12)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

29.09.2000 US 677092
29.09.2000 US 677090

(71)	Applicant: SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
	Palo Alto,California 94303 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	DAMRON, Peter, C. Fremont, CA 94536 (US)

(74)	Representative: Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis et al
	BERESFORD & Co.2-5 Warwick Court,High Holborn London WC1R 5DH London WC1R 5DH (GB)

(54)	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRE-FETCHING FOR POINTER LINKED DATA STRUCTURES