Appeal No. 95-3710
Application 07/621,005
through 17 have been canceled. An amendment under 37 C.F.R.
§ 1.116 amending claim 6 and canceling claim 18 was filed on
February 18, 1994. We note that the Examiner has entered this
amendment into the record. Therefore, claims 6 through 8 and 19
through 23 are rejected and are on appeal.
The invention relates to a control system for switching
between working units and stand-by units. On page 5 of the
specification, Appellants disclose that Figure 4A is a block
diagram showing the switching system of the present invention.
In particular, Appellants disclose that the switching system
accommodates m number of working units 1-1 through 1-m. Figure
4A shows that the switching system includes an individual stand-
by portion where each of the working units 1-1 through 1-n may be
individually switched to a separate stand-by unit 4b. Figure 4A
also shows that the switching system includes a common stand-by
portion where the working units 1-n+1 through 1-m may be switched
to a single common stand-by unit 3A using switch units 5.
Independent claim 6 is reproduced as follows:
6. A switching system for data operation units, able
to switch input and output lines from working units toindividual
stand-by units and a common stand-by unit, comprising:
an electrical wiring arrangement for providing
connections from the input and output lines to a
plurality of first locations, each provided for one of
the working units, and a plurality of second
locations, each provided for one of an individual
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