Appeal No. 1997-0830
Application 08/132,998
re Fritch, 972 F.2d 1260, 1266 n.14, 23 USPQ2d 1780, 1783-84
n.14 (Fed. Cir. 1992), citing In re Gordon, 733 F.2d 900, 902,
221 USPQ 1125, 1127 (Fed. Cir. 1984).
Therefore, we will not sustain the Examiner's rejec-
tion of claims 64 through 77 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
Claims 27 through 50 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Takahara. On pages 14
through 16 of Appellants' brief, Appellants argue that
Takahara fails to suggest the claimed first and second
selector circuits as set forth in independent claims 27 and
35. In particular, Appellants point out that Takahara
discloses first and second selector circuits 21 and 22 in
figure 9b in parallel with one another. Appellants argue that
independent claims 27 and 35 recite a first selector circuit
and a second selector circuit connected in series and not in
parallel.
On page 14 of the Examiner's answer, the Examiner
responds to Appellants' arguments stating that the claims do
not require the serial connection between first and second
selectors. Appellants respond to the Examiner in the reply
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