Appeal No. 95-1655
Application 07/788,829
The pertinent portion of representative independent claim 1
on appeal is that an 8-bit microprocessor operates with its four
lowest data bits only being connected to one control device and
with its four highest data bits only being connected to the other
control device. Comparable limitations are found in the
remaining independent claims 10, 21 and 23.
The following reference is relied on by the examiner:
Nishida 56-116188 Sep. 11, 19812
Claims 1 to 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 in light
of the collective teachings of appellant’s admitted prior art in
view of Nishida.3
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellant and the
examiner, reference is made to the brief and the answer for the 4
respective details thereof.
OPINION
2Our understanding of this reference is based upon a
translation provided by the Scientific and Technical Information
Center of the Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of the
translation is enclosed with this decision.
3Claim 11 on appeal depends from itself at page 32 of the
brief as well as the amended version of this claim filed on
October 22, 1992. We note that the original version of claim 11
indicated that this claim dependent from claim 10.
4Appellant’s corrected pages 18 and 28 of the brief have
been substituted therein and considered by us in our
deliberations.
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