Ex parte BYERS - Page 10




          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                                        







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                         LEE E. BARRETT                )     APPEALS                  
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                         LANCE LEONARD BARRY                )                         
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