Appeal No. 2005-2615 5
Application No. 09/908,405
communication with the heads and bottles. The encoder does not participate in the
communication between the computer and the heads 12 much less prevent serial
communication between the heads and the computer in one position. Further, as
Peckels discloses that the computer can communicate with several heads
simultaneously, it is clear that Peckels does not describe a system in which
communication between the heads and the computer 24 is prevented when the
computer 24 is in communication with a specific head (col. 17, lines 26 to 33).
As Peckels does not describe a serial data jumper movable to a first position
that inhibits flow of serial communication data beyond the volumetric module thereby
allowing the system controller to assign an address to the volumetric module as
required by claim 1, we will not sustain the examiner's rejection of claim 1 and claims 6
through 9 dependent thereon. Claim 10 contains the identical language regarding a
serial data jumper as in claim 1 and therefore we will not sustain the rejection as it is
directed to claim 10 and claims 11 through 17).
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