Appeal No. 1997-0583
Application 08/368,680
of the claims in S.N. 08/368,679 contains a feature involving
the master/slave limitations which form the basis for the
invention of this application and which appears in all the
claims here. The mere assertion, without more, by the
Examiner that master/slave features are not essential features
does not negate the claimed invention. Thus, we do not
sustain the obvious-type double patenting rejection of claims
1 to 20 in this case.
In summary, we have not sustained the obviousness
rejection of Claims 1 to 20 over Lish. We also have not
sustained the obvious-type double patenting rejection of
claims 1 to 20.
DECISION
The decision of the Examiner rejecting claims 1 through
20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Lish, and over the judicially
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