Appeal No. 96-2023
Application No. 08/139,642
(b) operating means connected to said single input line
to produce a sequence of a plurality of different handshake
signals having respectively different data formats on the
single input line to activate a transmitter capable of
transmitting a data format until an answer is received in a
data format corresponding to one of the sequence of a
plurality of handshake signals, and
(c) said operating means to produce a kiss-off signal
corresponding to the received data format to signal the
transmitter that data has been correctly received in said
detector.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Sedam et al. (Sedam) 4,412,292 Oct. 25, 1983
Aoki 4,486,750 Dec. 4,
1984
Davis et al. (Davis) 4,518,961 May 21, 1985
Additionally, the examiner relies on admitted prior art
[APA] set forth on pages 2-5 of the instant specification.
Claims 8 through 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as unpatentable over APA in view of Aoki, Davis and Sedam.2
Reference is made to the briefs and answers for the
respective positions of appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
2A previous rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, has been withdrawn by the examiner and is no longer
before us. We would note, however, that there does not appear
to be any proper antecedent basis for “said detector” at the
end of claims 8 and 9. We leave any amendments to be made to
these claims to the good auspices of appellants and the
examiner.
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