Ex parte AKABORI et al. - Page 5




          Appeal No. 95-3351                                                          
          Application No. 07/735,356                                                  


               We cannot agree with the examiner that the local                       
          input/output boards in Filion’s controller for a typical                    
          photocopy machine receive data from remote or external                      
          devices.  Thus, we do not sustain the rejection of Claims 1,                
          2, and 5.                                                                   
          Claims 3, 4, 16, 17, 19, 28, 29, 30, and 31                                 
               Claims 3, 4, 16, 17, 19, 28, 29, 30, and 31 recite a                   
          printer controller including a memory for storing data to be                
          printed.   The examiner relies on Filion’s discussion at lines              
          7-10 of column 9.  Examiner’s Answer at 4, right hand column,               
          lines 19-21.  That discussion concerns storing job                          
          requirements and not data to be printed.                                    
               Because the examiner has not pointed to any suggestion                 
          for a printer controller with a memory for storing data to be               
          printed, we will not sustain the rejection of Claims 3, 4, 16,              
          17, 19, 28, 29, 30, and 31.                                                 
          Claims 6-8, 21, and 33-35                                                   
               Claims 6-8, 21, and 33-35 recite an apparatus or method                
          in which printing completion times for a plurality of jobs are              
          simultaneously displayed.                                                   


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