Appeal No. 96-3274 Application 08/173,408 In conclusion, the Examiner has failed to establish a prima facie case of obviousness with respect to the "timed asynchronously" limitation of claim 1. The rejection of claim 1 and its dependent claims 2-4 is reversed. Independent claims 5-7 and 15 also require asynchronous timing and, hence, the rejection of claims 5-10 and 15 is likewise reversed. REVERSED JERRY SMITH ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT LEE E. BARRETT ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) LANCE LEONARD BARRY ) Administrative Patent Judge ) - 10 -Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007