Appeal No. 1999-2099
Application No. 08/475,627
consideration of the arguments presented by appellants and by
the examiner, we do not consider that any of these secondary
references, in combination with the AAPA, would suggest to one
of ordinary skill a cushioning conversion network or method of
allocating production as recited in the rejected claims.
The Groenteman and Kawamura patents appear to be the most
pertinent to the rejection. In Groenteman, a network
comprising a number of copying machines, each having a
processor 12, transmits status information, e.g., malfunction
indications
(col. 1, line 14), to a base processor which analyzes the
status information and communicates appropriate corrective
action back to the appropriate copying machine (col. 2, lines
59 to 63;
col. 3, lines 1 to 8). Kawamura discloses a lathe having two
heads, each with a controller 10, 20, connected to bus 1 along
with master controller 30. If one controller runs short of
its processing ability, part of the operation is transferred
to another controller (col. 2, lines 63 to 67). We do not
consider that either of these references, or the Dietrich and
Lobiondo patents, would teach or suggest to one of ordinary
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