Appeal No. 1998-1111
Application 08/539,513
retrieving all output data from memory and storing it prior to
terminating the data processing function. Appellants further
assert that the Examiner has not shown that the structure
described in Ferguson is the same as or equivalent to the
structure described in the instant application corresponding
to the claimed means or step plus function elements.
In the answer, the Examiner asserts that Ferguson teaches
transferring control from a data processing function to an
input function, for retrieving input data into memory prior to
performing the data processing function (column 5, lines 30-
49); an output function for retrieving all output data from
memory and storing it prior to terminating the data processing
function (column 4, lines 1-7; column 7, lines 13-16 and 37-
39); and terminating the data processing function after
receiving control from the output function once the output
function has terminated (column 7, lines 61-66; column 8,
lines 47-66; column 9, lines 48-57).
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