Appeal No. 96-2168
Application No. 08/257,478
signal generating means for individually driving each of a
plurality of motors,... Contrastingly, Karlin lacks any
disclosure or suggestion of a microcomputer controller for
generating driving signals in a plural motor driven system.”
(Brief at the bottom of page 17).
Looking at claim 1 we see “a microcomputer for
controlling the plurality of motors;” (lines 2 and 3), “drive
signal generating means for generating respective drive
signals for individually driving the respective motors...”
(lines 9 and 10) and “wherein respective ... drive signals are
output by the microcomputer...” (lines 25 and 26). Clearly, a
microcomputer is claimed for generating drive signals for all
motors.
A thorough inspection of the Examiner’s Answer gives
no clue as to how Karlin and/or Yamaguchi meet this
limitation. The Examiner’s response to Appellants’ arguments
recites that Karlin’s drive signal generating means is met by
“multiphase generators 63a, 63b etc.” (answer at page 6).
However, as noted by Figure 3 of Karlin, this represents a
separate drive signal generator for each motor, as opposed to
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