Ex parte MORGANTI et al. - Page 2




                Appeal No. 94-3596                                                                                                            
                Application No. 07/689,655                                                                                                    


                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    


                         This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1                                                               
                through 4 and 6 through 20.  In an Amendment After Final  (paper                              2                               
                number 41), claims 1, 4 and 7 were amended, and claim 3 was                                                                   
                canceled.  Accordingly, claims 1, 2, 4 and 6 through 20 remain                                                                
                before us on appeal.                                                                                                          
                         The disclosed invention relates to a data processing system                                                          
                and method wherein a command instruction signal group generated                                                               
                in a first central processing unit is executed in a second                                                                    
                central processing unit.                                                                                                      
                         Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it                                                             
                reads as follows:                                                                                                             
                         1. A data processing system wherein a command instruction                                                            
                signal group generated in a first central processing unit is                                                                  
                executed in a second central processing unit, said data                                                                       
                processing system comprising:                                                                                                 
                         a system bus; and                                                                                                    
                         a plurality of central processing units coupled to said                                                              
                system bus, said plurality of central processing units including                                                              
                a source central processing unit and a target central processing                                                              
                unit, said central processing units receiving signal groups from                                                              
                and applying signal groups to said system bus, each of said                                                                   

                         2On page 7 of the amendment, appellants state that claim 6                                                           
                is canceled by the amendment.  Since the amendment never                                                                      
                specifically requested the Office to cancel claim 6, it is still                                                              
                on appeal.                                                                                                                    
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