Appeal No. 95-0057
Application 07/775,114
neither of the references discloses this means [brief, page 10].
The examiner responds that the applied references have a logic
bus interface means which renders the claims obvious. We note
that appellants have not identified a single “corresponding
structure” to the logic bus interface means which would not be
suggested by the combined teachings of the prior art. We agree
with the examiner that any integrated circuit card which reads
data, processes data and writes data will inherently have a logic
bus interface means between the processor, the memory and the
card reader. Appellants have not identified any specific
structure which would patentably distinguish their interface
means with the interface means of the prior art, and we do not
independently find any patentable differences in the apparatus.
Appellants make the same arguments with respect to the
rejections on D’Avello and Harris as were made with respect to
the rejection using Kemppi. These arguments are not persuasive
for the same reasons discussed above. Appellants also argue that
the conventional credit card systems of D’Avello and Harris would
not be used with the Fuwa integrated circuit card because such
use would destroy the standard credit card features of D’Avello
and Harris. This argument is not persuasive because Fuwa
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