Ex parte MASCHKE et al. - Page 15




          Appeal No. 1997-0915                                                         
          Application 08/369,853                                                       

          1966).  Assuming, arguendo, that control signals were well                   
          known, the Examiner has not shown that sending control signals               
          from the data acquisition pod (sensor), as claimed, was known.               
               For the reasons stated above, the Examiner has failed to                
          establish a prima facie case of obviousness.  The rejection of               
          claims 18 and 24 is reversed.                                                

          Claim 27                                                                     
               Claim 27 recites replacement of data in the portable                    
          monitor memory with data stored in a remote display memory if                
          the data stored in the portable monitor memory are older than                
          the data in the remote display memory and transmitting data                  
          stored in the portable monitor memory to the remote display                  
          memory if the data stored in the remote display memory are                   
          older than the data stored in the portable monitor memory.  We               
          find no teaching or suggestion of these limitations in either                
          Policastro or Sasaki and we find the Examiner's rationale                    
          unpersuasive.  The Examiner has failed to establish a prima                  
          facie case of obviousness.  The rejection of claim 27 is                     
          reversed.                                                                    




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