Appeal No. 1997-2899
Application No. 08/385,574
rather a selection flag allows the terminal to communicate
only with one of the storage devices.
We fail to find any suggestion or teaching to modify
Yamada’s data storage device such that duplicate information
is simultaneously sent over first and second links as recited
in Appellant’s claim 24. Yamada’s data storage system,
depending on the setting of the selection flag, communicates
with one or the other storage device over its corresponding
communication line. Therefore, the use of a selection flag
that activates only one of the transmission links for any
particular terminal does not suggest to one of ordinary skill
in the art to simultaneously transmit duplicate information
over first and second communication links. We note that the
other independent claims 29 and 37 similarly recite
simultaneously transmitting duplicate information over
different and redundant communication links. Accordingly, we
reverse the rejection of claims 24 through 46 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 over Yamada.
CONCLUSION
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