Appeal No. 95-2598
Application 08/021,230
manner urged by the examiner relying on the teachings of Ulrich,
and for using a gum-coated paper tape and a moistening unit
therein as further urged by the examiner, we still do not see
that the resulting tape machine would include a tape feed
assembly having all of the individual constituent units set forth
in appellant's claim 1 on appeal. In particular, we fail to find
in the modified Warshaw tape machine a tape feed unit and a
contrast unit forming part of the tape feed assembly as required
in claim 1 on appeal, and also any teaching or suggestion of
those units being constructed and arranged to function in the
manner set forth in appellant's claim 3 on appeal.
Moreover, we fail to find in either of the applied
references any teaching or suggestion of a removable tape feed
assembly wherein the cartridge or assembly is disassembleable
into its individual constituent components or units as required
in appellant's claim 1. In this regard, we understand from
appellant's disclosure, particularly Figure 5, that the last
clause of claim 1 on appeal requires the specifically named units
therein to be individual modules (units) that are separable from
the tape feed assembly and each other to thereby facilitate ease
of repair and replacement of such constituent units. No such
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