Appeal No. 1998-2895
Application No. 08/430,173
Claims 10 through 12 and 19 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Nakamura in view of Kikuchi
and Kantor.
Reference is made to the brief (paper number 38) and the
answer (paper number 39) for the respective positions of the
appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
For all of the reasons expressed by the examiner (answer,
pages 3 through 6), and the additional reasons set forth
infra, we will sustain the obviousness rejection of claims 10
through 12, 19 and 23.
We agree with appellant’s argument (brief, pages 9 and
10) that Nakamura does not expressly state that the character-
display-signal generating circuit 59 has a memory. On the
other hand, we agree with the examiner’s reasoning (answer,
pages 5 and 6) that the character display generator 59 must
inherently “store the character signal in some form first” in
order to accurately display patient data.
With respect to appellant’s argument (brief, page 10)
that the combined teachings of the references fall short of
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