Appeal No. 95-1141
Application 08/068,303
This is an appeal from the final rejection of2
claims 1, 2, 4, 6 through 9 and 11 through 14.
The disclosed invention relates to control boards in a
copier, and to the transfer of data from an old control board to
a new control board via communication controllers that are
provided on each of the individual control boards.
Claims 1 and 12 are the only independent claims on
appeal, and they read as follows:
1. A control apparatus for a photocopier, comprising:
a first control board including first control board
memory means for storing various kinds of data necessary for
operations of the photocopier and including communication control
means having a unique set of channels for interchanging control
data with sections of the photocopier which are to be controlled
by said first control board;
a second control board comprising second control board
memory means;
power supply means for simultaneously supplying power
to the first control board and to the second control board; and
transfer means for transferring data stored in said
first control board memory means from the first control board via
at least one of the channels of the unique set of channels of the
communication control means to the second control board memory
means of the second control board, wherein normal copy operation
cannot occur during transfer of data from the first control board
to the second control board via the transfer means so that only
It appears from the record that the Amendment After Final2
(paper number 34) was not entered by the examiner (paper number
37), and that the Reply Brief (paper number 35) was entered by
the examiner (paper number 40).
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