Appeal No. 98-0595
Application 08/461,806
all the disk drives. (Answer at page 4, paragraph 13).
However, the examiner states that the “spindle synchronization
command limitation” is found in column 5, line 51 through
column 6, line 9 of Lewis, and that “this” use of a bus is
intrinsic to the operation of Lewis. (Answer at page 4,
paragraph 13). The examiner further cites case law for the
proposition that a reference nonetheless anticipates a claim
if it discloses the appellant’s claimed invention in a manner
such that a skilled artisan could take [the reference]’s
teachings “in combination with his knowledge of the prior art
and can be in possession of the invention.” (Emphasis in
original.)
We have reviewed the cited portions of Lewis and cannot
agree with the examiner that the “spindle synchronization
command limitation” is found in column 5, line 51 through
column 6, line 9 of Lewis. The cited text refers to five bits
in the diagnostic and control register 34 of the spindle
synchronizer 20 of each disk drive, one of which, the bit M_D,
determines whether the associated disk drive acts as the
master disk drive for all the other disk drives or merely as a
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