Appeal No. 1999-1116
Application No. 08/635,170
counter 236), upon which the rejection relies, are not disclosed as comparing an
"incremented timer value," but are disclosed as sending signals upon counting the number
of loops to be made during a particular data block transfer transaction, upon counting
index signals, and upon counting byte sequences. Machado at col. 17, ll. 50-67.
We therefore cannot sustain the section 102 rejection of independent claims 3 and
9, and thus cannot sustain the rejection of any of claims 1-14. Although Machado
discloses (column 13) a sector timer, and suggests that other timing functions are
performed (e.g., column 29, lines 1-9), we agree with appellant that not each and every
element, as arranged in the claims, has been shown to be expressly or inherently
disclosed by the reference.
-6-
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007