Appeal No. 96-1857
Application No. 08/340,435
means, under the control of said central controller, for
routing audio and video signals between said plurality of
audio video apparatus.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Ide et al. 4,843,384 Jun. 27, 1989
(Ide)
Duffield et al. 4,959,720 Sep. 25, 1990
(Duffield) (filed Apr. 6, 1989)
Miyagawa et al. 4,989,081 Jan. 29, 1991
(Miyagawa) (filed Nov. 9, 1989)
Claims 6, 7, 9 through 11 and 13 through 26 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness,
the examiner cites Miyagawa and Ide with regard to claims 6,
7, 9, 11, 13, 16 through 21 and 23 through 26, adding Duffield
to this combination with regard to claims 10, 14, 15 and 22.
Reference is made to the brief and answer for the
respective positions of appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
We make reference to our previous decision in the parent
application wherein we sustained the rejection of similar
claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103 in view of the same references
applied herein.
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