Appeal No. 95-0833
Application 08/161,978
side of the cartridge. This is apparent from an inspection of
Fig. 6.
The corresponding language initially found in the
specification as filed describing this figure is the following at
page 8, lines 16 to 21:
A recess 100 is used, and in this embodiment
it preferably extends to the side wall such
that portion 150 of the front wall is not
present. This provides a location that a
first switch in a suitably adapted drive may
sense to determine whether the cartridge is
of the present invention (emphasis added).
In accordance with the initial figures, Fig. 3 shows that
the cartridge front wall is labeled as element 18, the front wall
portion thereof is labeled 150 and the edge wall to the right of
the figure is labeled 41. A study of the specification as a
whole indicates that the language just quoted above indicating
that a switch determines whether the cartridge is of the present
invention corresponds to the second indicator of clause b of
claim 10 on appeal in such a manner that it would indicate the
nature of the tape therein.
In the modified Fig. 6 embodiment discussed at page 11 of
the specification, one in which four switches are utilized by the
tape drive, the following is indicated at lines 7 through 11:
For the switch which determines which type of
cartridge is present, the preferred area is
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