Appeal No. 1998-3064 Page 6
Application No. 08/445,867
Koyama, for example, clearly indicates that elements
11 through 13 are not operative to output address
and associated display data, as claimed, but merely
receive data to be displayed wherein the display
data is [sic, are] produced by either the character
generator 4 or the graphic data produced by control
circuit 5. (Id. at 9.)
They further argue, “Similar observations and conclusions are
made with regard to the teachings of Mano wherein shift
register elements 9 and 10 merely provide display data to the
left and right halves of the display device 11 ....” (Id. at
11.)
The examiner replies, “Koyama clearly teaches the CPU 1
for outputting the address data to the column drive circuits
.... Moreover, the feature providing addresses to the segment
drive circuit is well-known in the art, even acknowledged by
Appellant; see page 6, lines 4-9 of the specification.”
(Examiner’s Answer at 7-8.) He adds, “Mano clearly teaches a
plurality of segment driver circuits (9 and 10). The segment
driver circuit (9) is used to control display dat [sic, data]
in a left hand panel and the segment driver circuit (10) is
used to control display data in a right hand panel. The
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