Appeal No. 95-5030
Application 07/815,694
put equal weight for each input device" (supp. answer at 7). The
examiner's quotation of the paragraph in Sakon from the bottom of
page 11 to the top of page 12 is also misplaced (supp. answer at
7). The text does not suggest that the different input devices
are assigned different priority levels. Note that even in the
middle of the quoted text appears the statement "and the unit
corresponding to the earliest input is stored in temporary memory
unit (12) of input unit number." Also, the immediately following
paragraph appearing on page 12 of Sakon, discusses comparing the
order of receipt of data from different input units and appears
to indicate that the operations of Figure 7 are for determining
the unit number having the earliest input data item. The
determined unit number is stored in the input unit number
temporary memory unit. As is indicated in lines 11-16 on page 13
of Sakon, the input unit number stored in the input unit number
temporary memory unit governs which input unit will be read next.
In summary, the examiner has failed to demonstrate, on a
prima facie basis, that the three different input devices of
Sakon are assigned different levels of intrinsic priority or that
data is transferred on any basis other than the order of receipt.
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