Appeal No. 1999-1558
Application No. 08/551,303
continuous stream of packets is separated into the code words
based on the characteristics of the selected code.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. A method for transferring data from a stylus to a host
computer, comprising the steps of:
providing input data words to be transferred from said
stylus to said host computer;
selecting a code;
encoding said input data words into code-words using said
selected code;
transmitting said code-words from said stylus to said host
computer in a continuous stream of packets;
receiving said continuous stream of packets in said host
computer; and
separating said continuous stream of packets into said
code-words created in said step of encoding based on the
characteristics of the selected code.
The references of record relied on by the examiner are: 1
Kano 5,478,976 Dec. 26, 1995
1In response to an argument by appellants, the examiner
gratuitously mentions a reference by Armstrong (answer, page
9). Neither the prior art of record nor the grounds of
rejection include a reference to Armstrong. Thus, this
reference is not part of the rejections of record. In re
Hoch, 428 F.2d 1341, 1342, 166 USPQ 406, 407 (CCPA 1970).
2
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