Ex parte BYDALEK - Page 4




          Appeal No. 95-3918                                                          
          Application 07/971,274                                                      

          rejection, we make reference to the Examiner’s Answer (Paper                
          No. 11) and the Appellants’ Brief (Paper No. 10) for the full               
          exposition thereof.                                                         
                                       OPINION                                        
                    We have carefully reviewed the appellant’s invention              
          as described in the specification, the appealed claims, the                 
          prior art references applied by the examiner and the                        
          respective positions advanced by the appellant and the                      
          examiner.  As a consequence of our review, we have made the                 
          determination that the examiner’s rejection should not be                   
          sustained.                                                                  
                    We find that Inaba discloses a disk record container              
          in which a disk is retained in the container by two                         
          cooperating plates in a sandwich configuration.                             
                    Larson discloses a disk cartridge with a base which               
          is comprised of a plurality of ribs.                                        
                    Specter discloses a compact disc package having a                 
          well with a diameter which substantially matches that of the                
          disc so that the disc is snugly received therein.                           
                    According to the examiner, it would have been                     
          obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art at the time                

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