Appeal No. 1998-2933
Application 08/439,082
ensure the activation of the system (Br9). We do not find
where the Examiner addresses this argument. We find no
express or implied teaching in Suman to use additional start
bits or that additional start bits would ensure the activation
of the system. It does not appear that the system in Suman is
"activated" in any way by the start bit and, thus, there is no
suggestion that adding bits will ensure activation. The
Examiner has not pointed to any knowledge in the art that
increasing the number of start bits is desirable or necessary.
Appellant also argues that there is no other motivation
to increase the number of start bits because this would
unnecessarily increase the amount of information processed by
the receiver (Br9). The Examiner states that this argument is
not persuasive because the amount of additional processing
time is negligible to the user (EA11-12). Even if the amount
of additional processing time is negligible, this does not
amount to a positive teaching of increasing the number of
start bits.
Because the combination of the APA and Suman does not
suggest "idling information . . . composed of a plurality of
digital bits" or that "said control unit detects a
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