Appeal No. 1999-1893
Application No. 08/192,306
would modify the device of Sato et al so that data can be
transferred from one memory package 17 to another memory
package 17.” We agree with appellants’ arguments.
While the Sakata references do teach “a magnetic card for
storing image data which is either read to the card or read
from the card through image data interfaces” (Answer, page 5),
they do not, however, teach transferring image data from one
magnetic card to another magnetic card, and the examiner has
not presented a line of reasoning for transferring data in
Sato from one memory package 17 to another memory package 17.
With respect to the teachings of Walter, we agree with
the examiner (Answer, page 5) that this reference teaches the
connection of a plurality of external devices to an image
processing system. On the other hand, we agree with
appellants that Walter would not have suggested the transfer
of data from one memory package 17 to another memory package
17 in Sato.
The examiner relied on Keller to teach data transfer to
and from a plurality of disk in parallel, and on Nakajima to
teach “the use of disks 7A and 8A to allow accessing of two
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