Ex parte SHUDO et al. - Page 4




                     Appeal No. 1997-0317                                                                                                                                              
                     Application No. 08/160,275                                                                                                                                        

                                                     a connection wiring, formed from one of said                                                                                      
                     data output terminal or said additional data output terminal                                                                                                      
                     to communicate said print data.                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                      





                                           The Examiner relies on the following reference:                                                                                             
                     IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, Vol. 28, No. 7, pp. 2769-                                                                                                      
                     2772, December 1985                                                                                                                                               
                                           Claims 1 through 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §                                                                                         
                     103 as being unpatentable over Appellants’ Admitted Prior Art                                                                                                     
                     (AAPA) in view of the IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin                                                                                                           
                     (IBM).       2                                                                                                                                                    
                                           Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants                                                                                           
                     and the Examiner, reference is made to the brief, reply brief                                                                                                     
                     and answer for the respective details thereof.                                                                                                                    


                                                                                   OPINION                                                                                             
                                           After a careful review of the evidence before us, we                                                                                        


                                2A rejection of claims 3 through 6 under 35 U.S.C. § 112,                                                                                              
                     second paragraph, was withdrawn by the Examiner in the                                                                                                            
                     Examiner’s Answer at page 3.                                                                                                                                      

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