Appeal No. 2000-0377
Application 08/777,841
each individual electronic circuit," as recited in claim 1,
paragraph (a); the "image-data" is provided by templates at the
management control. Thus, the Examiner errs in finding that
Hotka discloses the limitations of claim 1, paragraph (a).
Moreover, since no "image-data" is stored at the nodes, the
system cannot perform the function of paragraph (b)(iii).
Hotka does not disclose "controller means for . . .
examining a group of the electronic circuits and identifying the
type of each electronic circuit within the group," as recited in
claim 1, paragraph (b)(i). The fact that Hotka is programmed to
display different types of circuits, as found by the Examiner
(EA7), does not imply the machine function of "examining . . .
and identifying the type" at the site (corresponding to a node in
Hotka) as claimed. Since Hotka does not examine and identify the
types of electronic circuits at the site (node), it does not
perform the function of "transmitting data indicating the types
within the group to a remote location," as recited in claim 1,
paragraph (b)(ii) and cannot perform the function of
paragraph (b)(iii). Furthermore, since the templates
(corresponding to the claimed "image-data") are set up by the
user at the management control 18, there is no controller means
for "examining . . . and identifying the type of each electronic
circuit" as recited in claim 1, paragraph (b)(i) and no
transmission of "image-data" in response to a request as recited
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