Appeal No. 1997-0917
Application 08/309,565
instruction from the controller or the contents of the
configuration register to select one of the data lines and
applying the data received directly from the source output
port of the multiplexer means thereto.
The Examiner relies on the following reference:
Li 5,058,001 Oct. 15,
1991
Claims 1 through 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Li.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the
Examiner, reference is made to the brief and answer for the
respective details thereof.
OPINION
After a careful review of the evidence before us, we will
not sustain the rejection of claims 1 through 13 under 35
U.S.C. § 103.
The Examiner has failed to set forth a prima facie case.
It is the burden of the Examiner to establish why one having
ordinary skill in the art would have been led to the claimed
invention by the reasonable teachings or suggestions found in
the prior art, or by a reasonable inference to the artisan
contained in such teachings or suggestions. In re Sernaker,
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