Appeal No. 1996-3076
Application 08/118,773
central memory, a keyboard filter, etc., as mentioned on
page 8, lines 4-6, of the specification.
The processor under test in Dieter has a central (main)
memory and the TMP monitor is "operatively associated with"
the central memory because it is attached to the system bus
which functions to communicate with memory (Figure 3; note
that the TMP can communicate with main memory, page 200,
left col., last para.). One of ordinary skill in the art
would have understood that the processor under test in
Dieter is connected to peripherals via the system bus
because peripherals are conventional and necessary in
computer systems to do anything useful, such as to display,
enter, or print data. The TMP monitor is also "operatively
associated with" the peripherals via the system bus.
For these reasons, we find the "first pickups means" is
taught by Dieter.
The Examiner reads (EA5) the "second means . . . for
processing the instantaneous information" on the 68000 CPU
of the TMP shown in Figure 3, page 200. We agree.
Appellant does not challenge this finding. Thus, the
"second means" is taught by Dieter.
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