Appeal No. 1998-0219 Page 7
Application No. 08/265,000
transmitting a plurality of sub-master control
signals from the sub-master stations to the remote
stations in response to each master control signal a
predefined time after the trailing edge of each
master control signal is transmitted so that none of
the sub-master control signals are output at the
same time ....
Similarly, claim 9 specifies in pertinent part the following
limitations:
a plurality of sub-master stations, each sub-
master station transmitting a sub-master control
signal in response to each received master control
signal a predefined time after receiving the
trailing edge of each master control signal so that
none of the sub-master control signals are output at
the same time ....
Accordingly, claims 4 and 9 each require that none of a
plurality of sub-master control signals is output at the same
time. To accomplish this, each sub-master station must be
allowed to start and complete its transmission without any
other sub-master station beginning to transmit.
The examiner fails to show a suggestion of the
limitations. “Obviousness may not be established using
hindsight or in view of
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