Ex parte SAITO - Page 4




          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.                                     


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