Ex parte COX et al. - Page 10




          Appeal No. 1997-3913                                                        
          Application No. 07/860,386                                                  
          previously made.  As we discussed above with respect to claim               
          1, a group of system operations is not the same as a plurality              
          of different operating                                                      




          systems.  We sustain the rejection of claim 21 for reasons                  
          discussed above.                                                            
          With respect to dependent claims 22-25, appellants                          
          simply assert that Burger does not teach or suggest the                     
          claimed invention without providing any convincing rationale                
          in support.  Appellants’ arguments are again not commensurate               
          in scope with the claimed invention and fail to consider the                
          breadth of these claims as interpreted by the examiner.                     
          Therefore, we also sustain the rejection of these dependent                 
          claims.                                                                     
          In conclusion, we have sustained the examiner’s                             
          rejection of each of the claims under 35 U.S.C. § 102.                      
          Therefore, the decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1-25               
          is affirmed.                                                                






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