Appeal No. 2000-1289 Page 4 Application No. 08/604,829 of memory devices from said second group of memory devices; and a switch controller for controlling said switch means so as to enable communication alternately between (a) and (b): (a) said second group of memory devices and said magnetic disk communication means and between said first group of memory devices and said external communication means; and (b) said first group of memory devices and said magnetic disk communication means and between said second group of memory devices and said external communication means. The prior art applied by the examiner in rejecting the claims follows: Asfour 5,182,801 Jan. 26, 1993 Farr 5,088,081 Feb. 11, 1992. Claims 6, 7, and 9-11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over Asfour in view of Farr. OPINIONPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007