Appeal No. 96-0950
Application No. 07/727,932
a plurality of processors are ready to receive and output a
resultant signal to the plurality of transmitters. There is no
need in the cited art to postpone transmission until multiple
processors are ready to receive. There is no need in the cited
art for each processor to receive a signal indicating that all
processors are ready.
When viewed as a whole, the cited prior art did not suggest
a data scattering system having (1) the recited reception control
means and (2) the recited AND means. Therefore, we do not
sustain the rejection of Claims 7 and 9 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as unpatentable over Quinquis and Katzman.
Claims 10 and 14
Claims 10 and 14 recite a data gathering/scattering system
that is switchable between a data gathering system and a data
scattering system. The system includes (1) switching means in
each processor to allow one processor to be switched into a data
gatherer or scatterer and the other processors to be switched
into transmitters or receivers and (2) AND means.
1. Switching Means
The examiner found that switching between data transmission
and data reception was well known in the art and that Quinquis
disclosed the individual processor being able to transmit and
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