Appeal No. 95-5030
Application 07/815,694
discussing its Figure 3B, Sakon states (at 8):
It can be seen from this figure that
regardless of the specific data input unit,
the input data are appended with the order
numbers according to the input order.
. . .
Figure 3(C) illustrates the state after
reading of the data with order number 1 by
means of data input unit (10). In this case,
the data of data input unit (2) are made up
of data "8" with order number 2 and data "5"
with order number 4, while the others are
determined to be unchanged.
With regard to conventional systems, Sakon describes that the
actual order of input is ignored (page 8, lines 21-26).
According to Sakon, its disclosed method avoids the problem
(page 8, line 27).
The "1," "2," and "3" designations in the first column of
the tables shown in Figures 3B and 3C of Sakon indicate the
corresponding input device numbers, not different levels of
priority. Note that in Figure 3B, the first item actually served
is the item "2" from input device number 2 because it is first in
the overall order of receipt. The designation beneath the data
"2" shows that that element is first or "1" in the order of
receipt.
The examiner is erroneous in finding that Sakon "does NOT
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