Appeal No. 2004-1680
Application No. 09/122,741
reduced power consumption mode, as indicated by the incremented value
of the PSV. In addition, regardless of the states of the ASV and PSV, the
internal flag of the interrupt generator associated with the I/O device is
reset. (Emphasis added.)
Based on these teachings, we cannot find that Pearce teaches or fairly suggests
“controller which monitors a state of said spool and when the state becomes a state
where a transition of said information processing apparatus to the power save mode is
to be made, the transition of said information processing apparatus to the power save
mode is prohibited if the print data is stored in said spool.” Pearce only teaches that
during the period there was activity and not that there is print data stored in the spool at
that time the information processing system is to transition to power save mode.
Therefore, we find that the examiner has not established a prima facie case of
obviousness. Therefore, we will not sustain the rejection of independent claim 1 and
dependent claims 2-4 and 8 which depend therefrom. We find similar limitations in each
of independent claims 5, 9, 13, 17, 21 and 25 which the examiner has not shown are
taught or fairly suggested by the combination of Maeda and Pearce. Therefore, we
cannot sustain the rejection of these claims and those that depend therefrom.
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