Appeal No. 95-3351
Application No. 07/735,356
Claims 1, 2, and 5
Claims 1, 2, and 5 are directed to a controller for a
data printing system. The claimed controller includes an
input for receiving jobs for printing via a data transmission
line from a remotely located input unit.
According to the examiner, print job data in Filion are
received from external devices by input ports 312A and 312B.
Examiner’s Answer at 4, right hand column, lines 12-19.
Appellants argue that input ports 312A and 312B are associated
with the controller and display that are part of Filion’s copy
machine itself rather than being at a remote location. Appeal
Brief at 21, lines 1-5; Reply Brief at 16-24. We agree with
Appellants.
Filion’s Figure 1 depicts a typical photocopy
reproduction machine. Figure 2 shows the control system and
memory for the typical machine of Figure 1. Column 2, lines
52-56. In Figure 2's control system, a shared bus 302
interconnects a plurality of core printed wiring boards. One
of the printed wiring boards is input station 304 which is
connected via a local bus to input/output boards 312A and
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