Appeal No. 1998-1509
Application No. 07/811,509
controllers which may be accessed by a common signal from the
central processor such that the addressable control functions
cause controlled apparatuses to function in concert. The
examiner has pointed to no such indication in the disclosure
of Launey. In fact, the examiner specifically states that
Launey fails to disclose the addressable locations within each
secondary controller for determining control functions. But,
while this is not disclosed by Launey, the examiner takes the
position that it would have been obvious “to decentralize the
control as claimed...because this would allow for a quicker
acting system as the central controller would not be as
complicated” [Paper No. 18 - page 4]. Whether or not it would
have been obvious to “decentralize the control,” the
examiner’s response fails to provide any reason why it would
have been obvious, within the meaning of 35 U.S.C. 103, to
have provided for the set of addressable control functions in
the operating environment controllers, accessible by a state
vector signal, in order to cause controlled apparatuses to
function in an integrated manner, as claimed.
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