Appeal No. 1997-2899
Application No. 08/385,574
In view of the foregoing, the decision of the Examiner
rejecting claims 1 through 10, and 12 through 20 under 35
U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
37 CFR § 1.196(b)
Under the provisions of 37 CFR § 1.196(b), we make the
following new ground of rejection. Claims 29 and 37 are
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Hochstein (of record).
With respect to claim 29, Hochstein in Figure 2 and col.
2, line 63 through col. 3, line 60, discloses a communication
system with active and spare communication links 12 for
transmitting information and signals where the first terminal
11 is coupled to both links and includes a redundant sender
means 28 for duplicating information and simultaneously
transmitting identical information to both links. Hochstein,
in col. 5, line 64 through col. 6, line 21, further discloses
fault detector 44 on the active link for detecting a failure
on the active link and transmitting a fault signal
corresponding to that link. Additionally, Hochstein teaches a
second terminal 13 coupled to active and spare links 12 for
receiving the duplicate information from both links in
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