Appeal No. 2000-0471
Application No. 08/871,442
received by detecting whether each number of counted ones is
three or less than three.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Koike 4,132,975 Jan. 2, 1979
Brown et al. (Brown) 4,400,811 Aug. 23, 1983
Claims 37-52 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as
unpatentable over Koike in view of Brown.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective positions of appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
At the outset, we note that while appellants group the
claims into claims 37-44 and claims 45-52, each to be treated
as a separate group, appellants’ arguments do not indicate a
distinction. Accordingly, all claims will stand or fall
together.
The examiner’s apparent position is that Koike discloses
a majority decision device that is 2/3 majority voting. That
is, a data word is transmitted three times and each bit
position is compared to a corresponding bit position in the
other two transmitted words. If at least two 1's are
indicated, that bit position is interpreted as a “1." If not,
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