Appeal No. 96-2091
Application No. 08/230,544
claim is directed to apparatus for generating a status flag,
the very first means provides a first signal which activates
the status flag. It
appears odd to recite the activation of something which has
not yet been generated. Similarly, the second means recites
the deactivation of the status flag, the generation of which
is the recited goal of the claimed subject matter. A circuit
means then generates the status flag from the time delay
between the first and second signals. However, the first and
second signals activate/deactivate the very flag they are
employed to generate in the first place.
In any event, since we understand the claimed subject
matter sufficiently to apply prior art, we direct our
attention to the rejection of the claims under 35 U.S.C.
102(b).
With regard to claim 1, we will sustain the rejection
under 35 U.S.C. 102(b). Clearly, in Figure 1 of Wong, there
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