Appeal No. 1996-3356
Application No. 08/235,668
Reference Relied Upon by the Examiner
Hartford et al. (Hartford) 4,255,789 Mar. 10, 1981
Claims 1-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Hartford.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the Examiner and the
appellants, we make reference to the briefs1 and answer2 for the details thereto.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the
appellants' specification and claims, to the applied prior art reference, and to the
respective positions articulated by appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of our
review, we make the determinations which follow.
Here, we note that the examiner has latched onto a number of teachings in
Hartford that the sampling frequency or interval of each of the sensors of each individual
control components may be independently controlled or adjusted by the computer control
1 Appellants filed an appeal brief, December 18, 1995, (Paper No. 14). We will refer to this
appeal brief as simply the brief. Appellants filed an reply brief, June 10, 1996, (Paper No. 16). We will
refer to this appeal brief as simply the reply. Appellants filed a reply to the examiner’s response to the
Remand on October 24, 2001, (Paper No. 20). We will refer to this reply as the response.
2 The Examiner responded to the brief with an Examiner's Answer mailed April 5, 1996, (Paper
No. 15). We will refer to this examiner's answer as simply the answer. The reply brief was noted in a
paper mailed July 30, 1996, (Paper No. 17) indicating that no further response was required. The
Examiner responded to the first Remand with an letter mailed September 28, 2001, (Paper No. 19). We
will refer to this examiner's letter as simply the letter. The Examiner responded to the second Remand
with a Supplemental Examiner's Answer mailed January 14, 2003, (Paper No. 22). We will refer to this
supplemental examiner's answer as simply the supplemental answer
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