Ex parte KOBAYASHI et al. - Page 10




          Appeal No. 1998-0066                                                        
          Application 08/258,235                                                      

          evidence to establish a prima facie case of obviousness.                    
          The rejection of claims 13-21 is reversed.                                  
               In addition, claims 13-21 include the details of the                   
          operating and backup processors having a main processor, an                 
          auxiliary processor, and a shared memory.  The operating and                
          backup processors are connected through communication ports                 
          and the backup processor includes means for detecting when a                
          failure occurs in the operating processor.  These                           
          limitations have not been addressed.  For this additional                   
          reason, the rejection of claims 13-21 is reversed.                          




















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