Appeal No. 96-2091
Application No. 08/230,544
Claims 1, 2 and 15 through 18 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. 102(b) as anticipated by Wong.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
In accordance with appellant's grouping of the claims at
page 3 of the principal brief, claims 1, 2 and 15 stand or
fall, respectively, with claims 16, 17 and 18. Therefore, we
will direct our attention to claims 1, 2 and 15.
At the outset, we note that the language of claim 1
appears, to us, to be a bit awkward. Referring to Figure 4,
it would appear that the clear signal comes from a "first
input means," that the set signal is from a "second input
means" and that the circuit means for generating the status
flag comprises elements 12, 13 and 14. Thus, we understand
what the claim language intends to cover. However, while the
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