Appeal No. 1997-3821
Application No. 08/570,256
either a "1" or a "0" level (col. 9, lines 45-47.) Figure 8
is a flowchart showing the process by which configuration data
is transferred via memory data bus 65 from signature register
160 of a memory card 70 to the configuration status registers
202 in configuration status register 40 of memory controller
30 (col. 12, line 23 to col. 13, line 2.) This process begins
with CPU 20 setting the signature read request bit in the
status configuration register 202 for one of the banks (Step
420 of Fig. 8) (col. 12, lines 25-29.)
We note that the claim language describing the location
of the claimed "connector" could be more clear. Claim 1
recites, inter alia, "a host computer having an expansion
slot," "a connector in the expansion slot being connectable to
the host computer," and "an expansion circuit board in the
expansion slot connected to said connector such that said
connector is located between said expansion circuit board and
said host computer" (our emphasis), which could be construed
to mean that the connector is not part of the expansion
circuit board. However, the claim further specifies that
"said controller chip is electrically coupled to the host
computer when said connector is connected to the host
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