Appeal No. 95-3498
Application 08/176,330
answer whether one of ordinary skill in the art who sets out
to solve the problem, and who had before him in his workshop
the prior art, would have been reasonably expected to use the
solution that is claimed by the Appellants.
We note that Shah teaches in column 3, lines 26-43, that
Figure 2 shows an example of the dedicated I/O boards for
various peripheral devices. Furthermore, we note that those
skilled in the art in view of the Shah teachings would have
recognized that only the required I/O circuits are placed on
these boards. Furthermore, we note that the admitted prior
art on page 2 of
Appellants' specification teaches that the basic types of I/O
circuits (a digital input circuit, a digital output circuit,
an
analog input circuit and an analog output circuit) are well
known in the art. Furthermore, we find that Shah teaches in
column 3, lines 15-25, that any type of I/O board may be
placed in one of the identical slots 20 (A-E). In column 3,
lines 44-52, Shah suggests that any number of variations of
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