Appeal No. 94-3596 Application No. 07/689,655 DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 4 and 6 through 20. In an Amendment After Final (paper 2 number 41), claims 1, 4 and 7 were amended, and claim 3 was canceled. Accordingly, claims 1, 2, 4 and 6 through 20 remain before us on appeal. The disclosed invention relates to a data processing system and method wherein a command instruction signal group generated in a first central processing unit is executed in a second central processing unit. Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows: 1. A data processing system wherein a command instruction signal group generated in a first central processing unit is executed in a second central processing unit, said data processing system comprising: a system bus; and a plurality of central processing units coupled to said system bus, said plurality of central processing units including a source central processing unit and a target central processing unit, said central processing units receiving signal groups from and applying signal groups to said system bus, each of said 2On page 7 of the amendment, appellants state that claim 6 is canceled by the amendment. Since the amendment never specifically requested the Office to cancel claim 6, it is still on appeal. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007