Appeal No. 96-4169
Application 08/378,066
control circuit and said host computer, respectively, and
responsive to receipt of signals from said single input means
for directing said peripheral device control signals to said
independent control circuit for processing and for directing
said host computer data and control signals only to said host
computer for processing;
means connected between said independent control
circuit and said peripheral device for transmitting control
signals produced by said processing of said peripheral device
control signals by said independent control circuit to said
peripheral device; and
wherein said independent control circuit is not
subject to control by said host computer.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Galbraith 3,936,600 Feb. 3, 1976
Niimi 4,184,400 Jan. 22, 1980
Kaiser et al. (Kaiser) 4,942,606 July 17, 1990
DeLaTorre 5,088,378 Feb. 18, 1992
Raasch et al. (Raasch) 5,237,692 Aug. 17, 1993
Claims 1 through 17, 19, 24 and 25 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Raasch in
view of Galbraith. Claims 9 through 17, 19 and 25 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Raasch in view of Galbraith, further in view of Kaiser. Claim
18 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Raasch in view of Galbraith and Kaiser, further in view
of Niimi.
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