Appeal No. 1998-1103
Application No. 08/668,718
means for executing said next miscellaneous command after the
previously given miscellaneous command is complete if it is being executed;
and
means for executing the next miscellaneous command without waiting
for the completion of the miscellaneous command which need not be
completed.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Nozawa et al. (Nozawa 998) 4,501,998 Feb. 26, 1985
Nozawa et al. (Nozawa 444) 4,628,444 Dec. 09, 1986
Okada et al. (Okada) 5,128,857 Jul. 07, 1992
Claims 8, 9 and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 (b) as anticipated by
Okada.
Claims 10 and 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over
Nozawa 998 in view of Nozawa 444.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the respective positions of
appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
Regarding claims 8, 9 and 23, it is the examiner’s position that Okada anticipates
the claimed subject matter in its disclosure of a sequence of operation commands shown
in Table 1 (at column 11 of Okada). The examiner contends that the claimed
determination of whether a command is complete is taught by the
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