Appeal No. 1997-3211
Application No. 08/457,789
said switching apparatuses each further including;
connection means for establishing a point-to-point
communication path between any one of the network input
ports and any one of the network output ports in response
to said connection request received at said any one of
the network input ports, said communication path for
transmitting a data message received at said any
one of
the network input ports to said any one of the network
output ports, said connection means including
asynchronous connection means for establishing asynchronously
a
plurality of simultaneously active point-to-point
communication paths between a plurality of network input
ports and a plurality of network output ports in response
to a plurality of connection requests received separately or
simultaneously at said plurality of network input ports,
said simultaneously active communication paths for
transmitting concurrently a plurality of data messages
received separately or simultaneously at said plurality
of network input ports to said plurality of network output
ports.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Farrell et al. (Farrell), "Asynchronous Digital Video
Switching System," 33 IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, no.
5, 227-33 (October 1990).
Claims 34-36, 43, and 44 stand finally rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(a) as being anticipated by Farrell. Claims
37-42 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Farrell.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the
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