Appeal No. 95-3710 Application 07/621,005 through 17 have been canceled. An amendment under 37 C.F.R. § 1.116 amending claim 6 and canceling claim 18 was filed on February 18, 1994. We note that the Examiner has entered this amendment into the record. Therefore, claims 6 through 8 and 19 through 23 are rejected and are on appeal. The invention relates to a control system for switching between working units and stand-by units. On page 5 of the specification, Appellants disclose that Figure 4A is a block diagram showing the switching system of the present invention. In particular, Appellants disclose that the switching system accommodates m number of working units 1-1 through 1-m. Figure 4A shows that the switching system includes an individual stand- by portion where each of the working units 1-1 through 1-n may be individually switched to a separate stand-by unit 4b. Figure 4A also shows that the switching system includes a common stand-by portion where the working units 1-n+1 through 1-m may be switched to a single common stand-by unit 3A using switch units 5. Independent claim 6 is reproduced as follows: 6. A switching system for data operation units, able to switch input and output lines from working units toindividual stand-by units and a common stand-by unit, comprising: an electrical wiring arrangement for providing connections from the input and output lines to a plurality of first locations, each provided for one of the working units, and a plurality of second locations, each provided for one of an individual 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007