Appeal No. 95-1955
Application 08/109,982
for those buffers which have already been marked bad (box 1260).
Figure 11 reveals that the WRITE operation is not performed for
those buffers which have already been marked bad (box 1440).
Figure 10A indicates that if there is no READING, there is no
corresponding testing for READING (box 1280). See also the
description on page 15 of the specification. Similarly,
Figure 11 indicates that if there is no WRITING, there is no
corresponding testing for WRITING (box 1470). See also the
description on pages 16-17 of the specification. Given that the
testing referred to involves the generation of the CRC, the
specification as filed does have adequate written description
support for generating and storing the CRC only for the good
buffers. The good buffers, in that regard, are those whose
corresponding first data in the bit map buffer have been set to a
first state as opposed to a second state.
In our view, the examiner failed to address and explain the
implication and significance of other description in the
specification tending to support the appellant's position, and
merely focused on a single paragraph of text to the exclusion of
other relevant evidence. Upon consideration of the entirety of
the specification as a whole, and as discussed above, we find
that the rejection of claims 10-12 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
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