Appeal No. 1998-0940
Application No. 08/085,605
the page memories while printing of image data is output from
another of the page memories. Note the two full page memories
104-1 and 104-2. Appellant concludes that Kadowaki “teaches
away” from the claimed subject matter by clearing a bit-map
memory before sending data to that memory. Appellant notes that
Suzuki is similar to Kadowaki.
We have reviewed the evidence and we conclude that appellant
is correct in that Kadowaki, Shimura and Suzuki appear to be all
deficient in failing to disclose or suggest the simultaneous
reading and writing of different frames of bit-mapped image data
from the same frame-store as specifically set forth in each of
the instant claims on appeal. We note that in response to these
arguments by appellant, the examiner, in a supplemental answer
(Paper No. 13), merely refers back to pages 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10-12
of the principal answer, addressing the “while” limitation. We
do not find the examiner’s arguments convincing in light of the
deficiencies of the references as indicated by appellant. The
examiner alleges that both Suzuki and Kadowaki teach the
performance of writing/inputting associated functions for a
second image while performing reading/outputting associated
functions for a first image of a bit-mapped memory but fails to
point to any specific portions of these references where the
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