Appeal No. 1997-1351
Application 08/127,924
invention is inoperative without the interface module. It
is true that the processors cannot share data or perform
other cooperative functions, but both processors could work
independently. This does not make the claim indefinite or
incomplete.
Similarly, the fact that the control processor system
and the remainder processor system are not interconnected to
perform a control function does not render the claim
indefinite. Both processors could work independently. All
the other elements of claim 19 are interconnected in a
definite arrangement as shown in Appellants' figure 1 except
that at least two peripheral units are also connected to the
control bus 7'. Claim 19 is not just an aggregation or
unconnected list of parts as the Examiner contends.
In summary, we conclude that claim 19 satisfies the
requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph. The
rejection of claim 19 is reversed.
Claims 21, 23, 26, and 28
The Examiner considers the limitations in these claims
vague because "[t]he interface module does not perform a
function other than containing the controller/memory" (FR3)
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