Appeal No. 1998-1112
Application No. 07/871,768
a CPU for controlling the execution of the transfer
program,
a bus operated under control of the CPU for carrying the
data stored in the RAM to the external device;
a reset switch for initializing a system area in the
RAM, wherein the CPU controls a detection process to detect a
state of a prescribed terminal portion of the portable device
when the reset switch is turned on and also determines
whether or not the transfer program is to be executed based
on the detected state, and
wherein execution of the transfer program by the CPU
causes data stored in the RAM to be applied via the bus to
the external device.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Engstrom et al. (Engstrom) 4,984,295 Jan. 08, 1991
Kelly 5,065,360 Nov. 12, 1991
The appealed claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Engstrom in view of Kelly.
The respective positions of the examiner and the appellant
with regard to the propriety of these rejections are set forth in
the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 33) and supplemental examiner’s
answers (Paper Nos. 36 and 38) and the appellant’s brief (Paper
No. 32), reply brief (Paper No. 35) and supplemental reply brief
(Paper No. 37).
Appellant’s Invention
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