Appeal No. 2002-1832
Application No. 09/318,980 Page 5
Appellant asserts (brief, page 8) that network expansion
board (NEB) 2 acts as an intermediary between a plurality of LANs
and a peripheral device such as a printer, and (reply brief, page
2) that NEB 2 is not a computer. It is argued (brief, page 6)
that the examiner equates the NEB with appellant's computer in
need of repair, and that the examiner turns to the whole LAN
configuration to find any missing parts to reject appellant's
claims. Appellant submits (brief, page 9) that NEB 2 of Emerson
fails to include a monitor, as recited in claim 1. With respect
to the examiner's assertion that 58 of Emerson is a modem,
appellant points out that 58 of Emerson is a modem for a
plurality of LANs, and not part of a single PC, as in appellant's
claim 1. Appellant additionally points to table 1 of Emerson,
which lists the major hardware elements of NEB 2, and argues that
if NEB 2 included a monitor and modem, why aren't they listed in
table 1? The examiner responds (answer, page 11) that the modem
and monitor are shown in figures 1 and 2, and asserts (id.) that
the modem transfers data among the PCS, server, and backbone
network devices, including "displaying PCS devices."
From our review of Emerson, we find that Emerson is directed
to testing an interactive circuit board in a LAN (col. 1,
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