Appeal No. 1998-2879
Application No. 08/474,856
as being unpatentable over Matsuo in view of Redwine.
Claims 4 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Matsuo in view of Hoffman.
Reference is made to the briefs and the answer for the
respective positions of the appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
With the exception of the 35 U.S.C. § 102/35 U.S.C. § 103
rejections of claims 18 and 19, all of the rejections are
reversed.
Turning first to the 35 U.S.C. § 102/35 U.S.C. § 103
rejections based upon the teachings of Matsuo, appellant
argues (Brief, page 6) that:
In addressing this rejection, the first
problem is that the DIB buffer circuit
[in Matsuo] is an [sic, a] “data input
buffer circuit” (cf. ‘583, Column 5,
line 66 through Column 6, line 13 wherein
is found a description of this buffer
circuit). The control signal DiC_ is not
buffered by this circuit, but controls the
passage of data signals through this data
buffer circuit.
Matsuo clearly explains (column 2, lines 21 through 25;
column 4, lines 21 through 43; and column 5, line 66 through
column 6, line 13) that data, and not the control signal, is
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