Appeal No. 1997-2049
Application 08/431,130
cartridges 34, we do not regard Abe’s memory cartridges as
being akin to, or suggesting the use of, an additional “off-
board master controller” including a processor and memory
means, as called for in each of the independent claims on
appeal. Stated differently, we fail to see how the fact that
Abe utilizes a memory cartridge to upgrade the memory of the
hand held tool would have suggested interfacing Abe’s hand
held tool with an off-board system such as that shown in
Boscove at console 140. From our perspective, one of ordinary
skill in the art would have viewed Abe and Boscove as
representing alternative ways of providing a computerized
vehicle diagnostic system, rather than teaching or suggesting
the incorporation of features from one system into the other
to enhance performance in the manner set forth in the
rejection.
For the reasons discussed above, we fail to perceive any
teaching, suggestion or incentive which would have led one of
ordinary skill in the art to modify the Abe system by
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