Appeal No. 1997-2660 Page 6
Application No. 08/224,407
be overturned. In re Fine, 837 F.2d 1071, 1074, 5
USPQ2d 1596, 1598 (Fed. Cir. 1988).
With these in mind, we analyze the appellant’s arguments.
The appellant’s argues, "It is not seen where the cited
references suggest that this data path ...processing elements
operable to perform specific functions ... are tested by
writing another pattern to the data path." (Appeal Br. at 9.)
The examiner replies, "Eikill show that an interface includes
... processing devices (18 & 20) and main storage. The main
storage includes memory cards (24, 26 & 28). Such processing
devices (18 [&] 20) perform operation on data and provide
commands and related data for transferring to and from the
main storage (the memory cards) (column 4 lines 10-13, 23-25 &
45-49)." (Examiner’s Answer at 9.) He adds, "it would have
been obvious
... to realize that not only the memory array integrity can be
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