Appeal No. 95-3405
Application 08/077,505
regarded Steeves’ configuration data downloaded from the host
computer as the emulation program required by the claims. As is
correctly described by the appellant, Steeves discloses a commu-
nication interface for a computer output printer. The interface
includes several input ports which can be "configured" to emulate
different manufacturer’s printers. In Steeves, configuration
data is stored in EEPROM 74 and is not erased when the printer is
turned off (column 3, lines 49-60), but the configuration data
merely defines which emulation program is assigned to or used for
which input port (column 4, lines 37-42) and is not itself the
emulation program. The emulation programs or modules are not
disclosed as being downloaded or inputted from the host computer,
nor are they disclosed as being stored in the disk drive. There
is no basis for the examiner’s incorrect finding that in Nelson
the emulation mode data must include emulation program data.
Further as to claims 1, 3 and 5-10, the examiner has failed
to point out where Steeves discloses the addition of an
identification code to the control code received from the host
computer. The string described in column 5, lines 36-40 of
Steeves is merely a command to switch the printer from emulation
mode to printer control mode. It is not any identification code
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