Appeal No. 1999-0246
Application 08/641,629
("Remote Mode - SYSTEM") gives system console capabilities to
the remote terminal operator (col. 9, ll. 44-50). Command U
("Remote Mode - USER") gives user terminal capabilities to the
remote terminal operator (col. 10, ll. 11-16). Command N
("Remote Mode - NONE") is used to "un-patch" the remote
terminal, i.e., to exit the SYSTEM mode or USER mode (col. 9,
ll. 56-65). On the other hand, Command V ("Configuration
VIEW/CHANGE"), which is used to view and change the parameters
of the various serial ports, can be entered via the remote
terminal in the NONE, LIMITED, and FULL positions of the
keyswitch (col. 10, ll. 22-23).
In the final Office action (Paper No. 17), which
incorporates the preceding Office action (Paper No. 15), the
examiner read the claimed "physical key having three positions
corresponding to a normal/run mode, a secure mode, and a
service mode" (emphasis added) on Smitt's three-position
keyswitch 97 and relied on Heptig as teaching the claimed
"electronic key having three positions corresponding to a
normal/run mode, a secure mode, and a service mode" (emphasis
added). However, in the Answer (at 4), the examiner reversed
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