Appeal No. 1998-3128 Page 3
Application No. 08/624,874
a plurality of CNC machine controllers;
each of said controllers including means for storing a
file of information to be transferred to said central
computer;
a transfer means connected to said central
computer and to each of said controllers for
transferring information therebetween;
said central computer including means for
selectively addressing each of said controllers and
means for requesting an information transfer between
said central computer and one of said controllers.
The references relied on in rejecting the claims follow:
Austin 4,281,379 July 28,
1981
Kishi et al. 4,841,432 June 20,
1989.
Claims 1-3 and 6-8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
obvious over Austin. (Final Rejection at 2.) Claims 4, 5, 9,
and 10 stand rejected under § 103(a) as obvious over Austin in
view of Kishi. (Id.) Rather than repeat the arguments of the
appellant or examiner in toto, we refer the reader to the
briefs and answer for the respective details thereof.
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